Lebanese community denounces Hizbollah statements against Bahrain

Manama, Oct. 4 (BNA): The Lebanese community in Bahrain has strongly denounced a statement against Bahrain made by the Secretary General of the so-called Hizbollah on September 25. The community stressed support to the Bahraini leadership and people and condemned the provocative statement aimed at driving wedges among the Bahraini people and fueling sectarianism. The community members praised the good hospitality and care given to them in Bahrain, praising quick response of Lebanese Prime Minister Tamam Sallam to those defamatory statements and his emphasis on Lebanon's unwavering and clear stance supporting the Bahraini leadership and rejecting interference in its internal affairs. The Lebanese community presented a copy of the statement to Charge D'Affaires of the Lebanese embassy in Bahrain Ibrahim Assaf who received the community delegation today and reiterated Lebanon's unequivocal stance supporting the Bahraini leadership and rejecting interference in the kingdom's domestic affairs.