Geagea: We Must Have Forethought to Preserve our Country

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geaega voiced calls on all political groups to practice calm and premeditation at this critical stage because “our major goal is to preserve our country,” he said on Monday.

“All political factions should practice calm and forethought at this difficult stage in the history of the region, because in the end our first and foremost duty is to preserve Lebanon regardless of anything else,” said Geagea via twitter.

He was referring to the latest Saudi-Iranian conflict that emerged following the execution of a Saudi Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia and the fiery reactions that followed after that in Lebanon.

Geagea continued and asked: “What compels some parties to expose Lebanon's national security to danger by sharply attacking brethren Arab countries without any justification related to Lebanon's interest?”

On Sunday, Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah launched one of his fiercest verbal attacks to date against Saudi Arabia over its execution of al-Nimr, as he warned against turning the issue into a Sunni-Shiite conflict.

Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 47 people convicted of "terrorism", including a prominent al-Nimr whom Saudi authorities said was behind anti-government protests.