Report: Salam proposes to Berri cabinet session on arms monopoly declaration
'Although Salam said that he is not committed to the agenda proposed by (U.S. envoy Tom) Barrack, he tried with the parliament speaker to reach a 'Lebanese initiative,'' the daily said.
'Salam justified his stance by saying that that would contribute to thwarting the plans for withdrawing UNIFIL from the South and preventing the Americans from declaring escalatory stances that might become a cover for a new Israeli aggression against Lebanon,' the newspaper added.
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