Lebanese Prime Minister Reiterates Government’s Exclusive Control Over Weapons Plan
According to the English section of webangah News Agency, quoting Mehr News Agency and Russia Today, lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation with Arab countries and engage globally to create a more stable and enduring investment environment.
He stated that Lebanon’s salvation depends solely on serious reforms-reforms that, according to him, must establish a modern government that restores public trust and gains the confidence of Arab nations and Lebanon’s international allies.
Salam highlighted that the current government has set a basic goal: rebuilding state institutions through complete institutional, administrative, and financial reforms.
He described Lebanon’s ideal government as “powerful and just,” with no authority above its control. he stressed that achieving this requires exclusive state ownership of weapons.
To justify this stance against opponents,he claimed: “without monopoly over arms,neither security nor stability can be achieved.”
Salam warned that in the absence of such conditions, investment will not flow into Lebanon nor will its economy grow.
The prime minister also asserted that his administration’s policy is based on stabilizing security and political stability.Within this framework, efforts continue to fully extend government sovereignty across all lebanese territory relying on internal capabilities.
He reported strict administrative and security measures at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport and surrounding routes aimed at reducing smuggling and enhancing public safety.
Salam further discussed plans to reinforce governmental control over sea ports. New protocols have been established for cooperation with Syria focused on border management, combating smuggling, and enabling safe dignified return of refugees.
The prime minister declared that Lebanon will not allow its territory to be used for creating insecurity in Arab states or for trafficking drugs or other prohibited goods into these countries.
This statement comes as Mahmoud Al-Qomati, deputy head of Hezbollah’s political bureau, affirmed his group would never relinquish arms or deviate from its path-even if pressure from the Israeli regime intensifies.
