Lebanon president asked Hollande for weapons against Israel
February 10, 2014
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Sunday that he had asked French President Francois Hollande to provide Lebanon with advanced weapons to stand up to repeated Israeli violations.
“I asked [Hollande] for advanced weaponry with which Lebanon can sand up to Israel” Suleiman said in a statement Sunday on his Friday meeting with the French leader in Tunisia, where the two attended the ceremony marking the endorsement of the North African nation’s new constitution. “A defense strategy needs to be implemented for the Lebanese military to be the only armed force in the country” Suleiman said.