France: Hizballah Is Not A Terror Group
Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 9:50:25 pm PDT
Looks like it’s back to business as usual for France, as the French Foreign Ministry reverses a position taken by Nicolas Sarkozy and releases a statement saying Hizballah is not a terror group.
Hizbullah is part of Lebanese politics and must not be regarded as a terror organization, said the French Foreign Ministry in a statement Thursday night.
The statement was an apparent about-turn by France after President Nicolas Sarkozy said that Hizbullah was indeed a terrorist group when he met with the captured IDF soldiers’ families in Paris last week. Thursday’s statement was prompted by protests from Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah.
France is scheduled to host a conference Saturday bringing together representatives of rival Lebanese leaders, including senior Hizbullah representatives, in an effort to address the Lebanon’s political deadlock.
