Lebanese Forces
leader Samir Geagea has told the U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon that Iran
is the only country blocking the presidential election in his country.
He has urged Mrs. Sigrid Kaag to
skip Saudi Arabia and head directly to Tehran since Iran is the only country
blocking the presidential, An Nahar newspaper reported on Thursday.
U.N. Special Coordinator for
Lebanon Sigrid Kaag is set to head to Saudi Arabia and Iran with the aim of
resolving the presidential stalemate, according to the report.
“I look forward to visit Saudi
Arabia and Iran soon,” Kaag told An Nahar.
Lebanese Forces leader also said
in an interview published on Sunday that Hezbollah, the Iranian regime’s proxy
in Lebanon, is preventing the establishment of a Lebanese state.
“What is disrupting the formation
of a state in Lebanon is the presence of Hezbollah as a state within a state.”
Hezbollah's arms and the
"method of its presence" contradict with the notion of a legitimate
state, he said.
The Lebanese Forces leader also
cited Hezbollah’s role in disrupting presidential elections, saying that the
party’s main backer, Iran, was behind the ten month-long presidential vacuum.
“Either a president fully supportive
of [Iran] was [elected] or no elections would be held, and this is what
happened,” he said.
The Lebanese Forces chief also
noted Iran’s expansion in the region, saying that it had adopted the rhetoric
of the Palestinian cause as a means to achieve domination in the Middle East.
"The region cannot
accommodate this [Iranian regime’s expansion] because it will lead to
unpredictable repercussions."