The Hisbollah, the militant and political movement of the Lebanese Shiite, says that it will ignore a decision by the Lebanese government to process the army with the establishment of a state weapon monopoly.
“We will treat this decision as if it does not exist,” said the Hisbollah in a statement on Wednesday and described it as “severe sin”.
Despite the increasing international pressure, the comments come for disarmament of the group.
The Iranian -supported group was significantly deteriorated with Israel in the war last year, but has so far refused to give up its arsenal despite the calls to the United States and the domestic competitors.
The Hisbollah also said that the Libanese cabinet’s decision to restrict weapons and production to the state armed forces was the result of “dictates” American “dictates”.
It added that it was open to dialogue and discussions about “the national security strategy”, but not “in the context of aggression”.
On Tuesday, the Lebanon cabinet asked the military to present a plan in which all weapons are brought under state control by the end of the year.
The plan is to be presented to the cabinet for discussion and approval by the end of this month, said Prime Minister Nawaf Salam after the six -hour cabinet seats at a press conference.
In June, the American officials presented the Lebanese authorities a roadmap that had proposed the full disarmament of the Hisbollah in return for Israel, who stopped his strikes and troops from five locations in South Libanonic, which were filled despite a ceasefire contract that was achieved in November.
The leader of the group, Naim Qassem, in a television speech while the cabinet session was in progress, said that the Hisbollah would not discuss the problem of weapons, while Israeli attacks are continued, and accused Israel to violate the conditions of the ceasefire. According to Israel, his attacks are supposed to prevent the Hisbollah from grouping and imposing.
Despite its weakened status, the Hisbollah still enjoys considerable support from the Shiite Muslim population of Lebanon and discussions about the risk of disarmament increase the tensions in the country, in which many still remember the civil war from 1975-1990.
