Hezbollah

Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered am ar 17 Gorffennaf 2013.

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Photo of Bob Blackman Bob Blackman Ceidwadwyr, Harrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the implications of Hezbollah activities for British interests in the Middle East.

Photo of Alistair Burt Alistair Burt The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

We have condemned Hezbollah’s acknowledged military involvement in Syria. It is prolonging the Assad regime's brutal repression of the Syrian people and, by undermining Lebanon's agreed policy of disassociation from the Syria conflict, risks destabilising Lebanon. We also remain very concerned by continued reports of transfers of conventional weapons from Syria and Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon, including Hezbollah’s own claims that it possesses significant military capabilities. Any such transfers would be in violation of Security Council resolution 1701 and would pose a threat to Lebanese and regional stability.

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