Lebanese ex-minister: Impossible to drive wedge between Syria and Lebanon

Multi ties are connecting Syria and Lebanon including family, popular, and geographical interconnections bind Syria and Lebanon so it is impossible to drive a wedge between them, a Lebanese ex-minister said Monday.

In an interview with Egyptian paper al-Ausboo (The Week) Abdulrahim Murad underlined that "the reasonable public opinion in Lebanon has to think about dimensions of the current conspiracy that is targeting Syria and Lebanon."

"No way to have stable situations in Syria and Lebanon without having deep-rooted brotherly relations between their peoples," Murad said. He pointed out that "Syria's sacrifices for Lebanon contributed a lot to protect its stability and development, noting that Syria has always been Lebanon's big brother."

He criticized biased campaigns by some Lebanese media against Syria. On the other hand, Lebanese National Conference for Supporting the Resistance stressed in a statement the necessity of "developing fraternal, decisive and strategic ties between Syria and Lebanon."

The statement described the crime that claimed the life of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri as unforgivable, saying it is an undermining to Lebanon's stability and a gateway to strike the Syrian - Lebanese relations.

The statement called for keeping the UN Probe into Hariri's assassination away from politicization, rejecting all bids aiming at the political and security internationalization. The necessity of protecting the resistance in order to face Israel's aggressive threats against Lebanon.