2024-05-04 03:09:44
“This ‘storm’ reflected emotions that did not convince many diplomatic missions, because they ignored the serious connotations and meanings of the visit and the messages of moral, diplomatic and material support it contained to Lebanon in the face of the different challenges.
She warned ” once morest the consequences of ignoring the positive implications for Lebanon’s interests and engaging in populist one-upmanship that harms serious and responsible Lebanese diplomacy.”
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat wrote: With positions questioning the context and purpose of European aid, Prime Minister Najib Mikati refused to consider it a bribe to Lebanon and said in a television interview: “We set a condition for aid to be granted to Lebanon. Syrians in Syria as an incentive for their return, and I felt total European understanding,” emphasizing: “Lebanon is not a border guard for Europe. »
In the same context, Mikati’s advisor, former ambassador Boutros Asaker, who was present at the Prime Minister’s meetings with the Cypriot President and the head of the Commission, considered that talking regarding “corruption” is a “populist speech” , emphasizing that “providing aid does not mean accepting the survival of refugees”, while recognizing that this issue is linked to the political solution in Syria and the decision of the international community and the countries concerned, more than the Syrian regime links their return to obtaining housing. places for them, help, etc.
Thus, Asaker told Asharq Al-Awsat: “While waiting for a political solution, Lebanon is working, at least initially, to reduce the burden of Syrian refugees and is preparing a plan to present it at the Brussels conference on the 27th. . of this month dedicated to supporting the future of Syria and the region, which he considers an opportunity for Lebanon, and the plan mainly depends on the importance of classifying areas in Syria between safe and dangerous, in exchange for the regulation of the presence of Syrians in Lebanon and the return of all those who reside illegally.
Asaker, in turn, speaks of a change in the European position in terms of understanding the Lebanese situation and the repercussions of the refugee crisis, also noting “the concern of the European Union and Cyprus in particular to protect its borders, and that is their will.” We have the right, as it is our right, to work to find a solution to this crisis.
Regarding the demand of some on the importance of the Lebanese state’s communication with the Syrian state, Asaker recalls what Mikati previously said that he had communicated with his Syrian counterpart, asking: “What who will change if there is no political decision on this issue?
Mikati announced that he had called the Syrian prime minister, “and I heard a clear response from him that Syria does not stand in the way of any Syrian who wants to return.”
Al-Anbaa Al-Kuwaitia wrote: Beyond the ever-ready attacks from some once morest those responsible for the Lebanese authorities for not trusting them and the billion-euro controversy, we must calmly read the result of the “Day European” in Beirut. and clarify “what it has and what it is.”
In this context, neutral circles noted that there was a major development in this matter, notably in the promise of the President of the European Commission to continue “the resettlement of Syrian refugees from Lebanon to the European Union”, which involves subjecting them to a screening and selection process of qualified individuals for resettlement to Europe.
These circles believe that a billion euros is a significant figure (a quarter of a billion per year until 2027) and that it will go in several directions linked to security, the economy, development, reforms, etc.
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