Lebanese politicians who met Mike Pompeo said they had told him Hezbollah was part and parcel of Lebanese politics.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri at the governmental palace in Beirut, Lebanon.
Pompeo, who is touring the Middle East to drum up support for Washington’s harder line against Iran, cited a speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah this month asking the group’s supporters for funds as evidence US pressure was working. The group has taken three of the 30 portfolios in the government formed in January by Western-backed Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, including the health ministry – the first time it has held a ministry with a significant budget.Pompeo said he shared concerns about “external and internal pressures on the government, including coming from some of its own members, which do not serve an independent thriving Lebanon”.
“Preserving national unity and civil peace is a priority for us,” Aoun told Pompeo, the presidency said on its Twitter feed.
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