Member of the Hamas Political Bureau Ezzat al-Resheq on Wednesday led a Hamas delegation on a visit to Lebanon to meet with the Lebanese president Michel Aoun and a number of Lebanese officials.
Hamas’s representative in Lebanon Ali Baraka said in an interview with Quds Press that the delegation will discuss with the Lebanese officials the latest developments in the Palestinian arena and the reconciliation file.
Baraka affirmed that the delegation is interested in conveying a message to the Lebanese leadership that Hamas cares about Lebanon’s security and civil peace and rejects using the Palestinian refugee camps in the country to spark internal conflicts.
He added that the Hamas delegation had earlier today met with the head of the internal security service major-general Ibrahim Basbous Lebanon’s Mufti Abdullatif Derian and the secretary-general of the Islamic Group in Lebanon Azzam al-Ayyoubi and briefed them on the latest developments in the Palestinian issue in general and the reconciliation in particular.
The Hamas official noted that Hamas has asked for a meeting with the Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri before his resignation but the recent developments prevented the meeting from taking place.
Baraka stressed that Hamas’s visit to Lebanon comes within the framework of the Movement’s efforts to inform the Arab and Muslim leaders about the latest developments in the Palestinian scene including the reconciliation agreement signed in Cairo in October and has nothing to do with any other agendas.
