Speaker Nabih Berri rejecting UN draft resolution

Описание: (8 Aug 2006)
1. Ein Tineh palace, Lebanese Parliament Speaker's residence
2. Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri walking to podium
3. Cutaway camera
3. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nabih Berri, Lebanese Speaker of Parliament:
"Lebanon, all of Lebanon, rejects any talks and or any draft resolution that does not include the seven-point government framework."
4. Cutaway camera
5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Nabih Berri, Lebanese Speaker of Parliament:
"What was agreed upon was not in the interests of Lebanon. It's against Lebanon, and against the peace. This will open the war again in Lebanon forever. What's going to happen, in practicality, is that they're going to stop all the aggression and the Israelis will be on the hills and the resistance will be everywhere. Then the (Hezbollah) resistance will attack the (Israeli) army. As a result the Israelis will start shelling again. This means that there will not be a second stage and we will be unable to send the Lebanese Army, UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) and multi-national forces (to take over control of southern Lebanon). This will lead Lebanon to internal strife and it will also be impossible to implement the resolution."
6. Wide shot news conference
STORYLINE:
The Lebanese parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri said on Sunday that the US-French draft UN cease-fire resolution was not in Lebanon's interests and would be rejected by all Lebanese people, unless it included the government's plan for ending the fighting.
"Lebanon, all of Lebanon, rejects any talks and, or, any draft resolution that does not include the seven-point government framework," said Berri at a news conference in Beirut.
Lebanon drew up the seven-point framework in an emergency cabinet meeting last week. The plan calls for an immediate cease-fire and the immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora first offered the plan, later adopted by his cabinet, during the Rome crisis summit on July 26.
The seven-point proposal also calls for the mutual release of prisoners held by Israel and Hezbollah.
The plan's ultimate goal is for the Lebanese government to take control of southern Lebanon with the help of an international force.
The US-French proposal, which was expected to go to the floor of the UN Security Council early this week, calls for Hezbollah to stop all military operations and for Israel to stop its offensive against Lebanon.
But the proposal would allow Israel to strike back if Hezbollah were to break a cease-fire and does not stipulate the immediate withdrawal of Israeli troops.
"What was agreed upon was not in the interests of Lebanon. It's against Lebanon, and against the peace," said Berry.

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