Jordan Times
Friday, February 22, 2008
Reports on arming Lebanese
‘pure lies’ - gov’t
AMMAN (Petra) - The government on Thursday rejected as “baseless and incorrect”
recent reports by newspapers and websites that Jordan supplied “Lebanese
elements from the Future Movement” with weapons and supervised their training.
In a statement carried by the Jordan News Agency, Petra, Minister of State for
Media Affairs and Communications Nasser Judeh dismissed such reports as
“fabricated and pure lies”, saying they target Jordan and its efforts to help
preserve the security and stability of Lebanon.
Describing Jordan’s policy of “noninterference in the internal affairs of any
state” as “consistent and plain”, Judeh said Jordan will always support and
encourage dialogue among Lebanese political powers to reach agreements among
themselves to safeguard Lebanon’s national unity and its higher interests.
He said the news reports’ allegations aimed to defame Jordan and undermine its
support for the “brothers” in Lebanon and of helping them confront the dangers
threatening their country.
Judeh appealed to the Lebanese people to confront attempts to fuel discord and
“destabilise their country”.
He stressed that Jordan condemns such attempts, which, he said, are carried out
to serve political agendas.