Hariri says Hezbollah must remain neutral to ensure Lebanon moves forward

Lebanese President Michel Aoun, center, meets with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, right, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017. A(Dalati Nohra/Lebanese government via AP)

PARIS: Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri said on Monday that Iran-backed Hezbollah must stop interfering overseas and accept a “neutral” policy to bring an end to Lebanon’s political crisis.
“I don’t want a political party in my government that interferes in Arab countries against other Arab countries,” he said in an interview recorded on Monday evening with French broadcaster CNews.
“I am waiting for the neutrality which we agreed on in the government,” he said. “We can’t say one thing and do something else.”