Hezbollah: EU blacklisting aggressive
The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has described the European Union’s decision to put the movement’s military wing on its blacklist as “aggressive” and “unjust.”
According to Press TV, the movement rejected the EU decision in a statement on Tuesday, accusing the bloc of bowing to pressure from the US and the Zionist regime.
Hezbollah said “It looks as if the decision was written by American hands and with Zionist regime’s ink. The EU only had to add its signature in approval.”
The movement also said that the hostile measure “does not in any way echo the interests of the people of the EU and goes against the principles of the European people which are supportive of freedom and independence.”
It reminded the EU that Washington had made similar decision “that only generated further failures and disappointments.”
On Monday, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman also voiced his concern, expressing hope the EU could reconsider its decision.
He told EU ambassador to Lebanon Angelina Eichhorst "We hope the EU reconsiders its decision out of its keenness not to take hasty decisions, to preserve Lebanon's stability."
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati also said that he regrets the EU decision and will follow up on the issue through diplomatic channels.
Caretaker Foreign Affairs Minister Adnan Mansour described the decision as hasty.
The blacklisting would mean imposing visa bans on individuals and asset freezes on organizations associated with the group.
Source: irib.ir
