Lebanese ask Qatar to propose solution on Hezbollah arms

0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008

DOHA (AFP) — Lebanon's bickering politicians asked Qatar on Saturday to come up with a proposal on the thorny issue of Hezbollah's weapons during Arab-brokered talks aimed at ending a feud that drove their country to the brink of a new civil war.

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani "offered to come up with a proposal on the Hezbollah weaponry issue and present it to the two parties," a pro-government delegate told AFP.

"The two sides have agreed to that," he added following the first session of Arab-mediated talks by 14 leaders or representatives of the pro-Western government and the Hezbollah-led opposition, backed by Syria and Iran.

Host Qatar made the offer after leaders of the ruling parliamentary majority initially insisted...