Agreement between Amal and Hizbullah to contain Markaba incident

The two leaderships of the Amal movement and the Hizbullah Party have stressed preventing armed appearances in the liberated towns and cooperation with the Lebanese security and judicial departments to perform their duties.

The two sides held a meeting at the headquarters of the Syrian observers in Burivaj, al-Janah district. It was attended by the official in charge of south Lebanon area Sheikh Nabil Qauouq and the chairman of the liaison and coordination committee Wafiq Safa and the Amal movement was represented by the parliament member Ali Hassan Khalil and the official in charge of training and qualification Ahmad al-Baalbaki.

The participants in the meeting released a statement in which they expressed "regret over the painful incident took place at Markaba town." They stressed cooperation of the two sides with specialized systems to uncover the implications of that event and stressed the " positive relations and coordination between the two sides in all areas for maintaining unity of the line and national interest."

The two sides also agreed on organizational and media measures that strengthen positive relations.