Nigeria: Hezbollah's Fighting Our Cause, Says Consul General

1 August 2006

Lagos — The Consul General of Lebanon in Nigeria, Chawki Bou Nassar, has said Hezbollah, the militant group whose activities sparked the current Israeli bombardment of the country, is fighting the cause of Lebanon.

Nassar also told THISDAY yesterday in Lagos that the group led by fiery cleric Hassan Nasrallah was committed to a cease-fire, adding that the organisation and the Lebanese government had authorised the Speaker of the Parliament, Hon. Nabil Berri to negotiate a truce with the Israeli government.

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