Haneen Sayed said in Washington that the process would take time, as the group was a ‘community’, not merely a militant organisation
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenDewey Simin WashingtonPublished: 2:33am, 28 Apr 2026Updated: 2:33am, 28 Apr 2026Lebanon’s social affairs minister backed calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah but cautioned that the process would take time before a “political settlement” could be reached, calling the group a “community” and not merely a militant organisation.Haneen Sayed told a discussion on Monday that disarming Hezbollah – an Iran-backed militant group – was a demand of her government and its people, and that it “must happen”.
“It’s not an overnight thing, but at least what we want to get to is that there be an agreement, and then the implementation is the second stage.”
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