Now Lebanon - An-Nahar: Hariri-Nasrallah meeting becoming less feasible - September 21, 2010

An-Nahar newspaper on Tuesday quoted an unnamed ministerial source as saying that a meeting between Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has become less feasible due to the rising tension in Lebanon over the weekend.

Last week, armed Hezbollah bodyguards received former General Security chief Jamil as-Sayyed at the VIP lounge upon his arrival at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport without the needed permission from any of the relevant bodies. The move stirred controversy and escalated tension, especially between the Future Movement and Hezbollah.

Sayyed, who had just returned from France, was summoned by Attorney General Judge Said Mirza for questioning following the former’s September 12 statement, in which he attacked Hariri.

The source told the daily that relations between Hezbollah and the Future Movement had deteriorated following the airport incident.

Any meeting between Hariri and Nasrallah might impose difficult conditions, such as writing a draft lining out how to deal with controversial issues like the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), the source added.

-NOW Lebanon