MP Murr describes ministerial statement as “workshop “

MP Michel Al-Murr said on Friday that reaching political agreement and forming the ministerial statement as soon as possible were the means to a to ceasefire in Tripoli. He also urged Lebanese Army to do its best to control the situation. After meeting with Saudi Arabia Ambassador Abed Al-Aziz Khoja, Murr said the clause on the Resistance’s weapons should be discussed over the roundtable dialogue according to Doha Agreement, and not during the meetings of the committee in charge of drafting the ministerial statement, which he described as “just a workshop.â€_ Murr noted that electoral slates for the 2009 parliamentary elections should be formed in February, adding that his meeting with Kataeb President Amin Gemayel was a “family reconciliation.â€_ “These meetings aim at preparing for the elections in 2009, and not at... [read full story]