Lebanon’s Foreign Minister, Gebran Bassil, responded on Monday to Britain’s decision to blacklist the political arm of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, saying senior British officials had agreed the issue should not "impact on bilateral relationships between Lebanon and Britain."
Bassil, whose Free Patriotic Movement party is allied with Hezbollah in government, added the move "will not have direct negative consequences on Lebanon because we are already used to this situation with other countries," according the AFP news agency.
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