Hizbullah, Mustaqbal Discuss Region Developments, Stress Need to Protect Stability

Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal movement discussed the rapid regional developments during their dialogue session on Thursday and stressed the need to protect Lebanon's stability.

The conferees “tackled the ongoing developments in the region and the possible repercussions on Lebanon,” the two parties said in a statement issued after their 24th dialogue session in Ain al-Tineh.

“There is a need, more than ever, to preserve and protect domestic stability,” they said.

The two parties also addressed “the economic and financial situations and the need for serious reform measures,” while highlighting the importance of “regularizing the cabinet's work and productivity.”

Hizbullah and Mustaqbal have said that their dialogue sessions are mainly aimed at defusing Sunni-Shiite tensions in the country, although they support rival regional forces.

Tensions have surged in the region in recent months amid raging military conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Iraq and a sectarian flareup between Iran and the Gulf states.

Hizbullah is part of a military alliance in Syria that has achieved gains on all fronts in recent weeks backed by a sweeping Russian air campaign.

Some Gulf states have also proposed to enter the conflict under a U.S. command, which has prompted Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to warn against a "new world war."

Y.R.