Summary
Lebanon's caretaker Foreign Affairs Minister Adnan Mansour said Wednesday that critics of Hezbollah's role in Syria were seeking to divert attention from what he called the "takfiri" threat.
"Whoever claims that what is happening in Lebanon is the result of Hezbollah's participation in Syria seeks to divert attention from the facts and [provide a] cover for the presence of takfiris and extremist groups in Lebanon," Mansour said at Geneva II, the U.N. peace conference on Syria being held in Switzerland.
He also said that the repercussions from the crisis in Syria represented major challenges to Lebanon's security, stability, economy and demographic balance.
Radical rebel groups fighting President Bashar Assad's forces have claimed some of the bombings, including Tuesday's suspected suicide attack, calling them retaliation for Hezbollah's military involvement in Syria.
In May last year, Hezbollah argued that its presence in Syria alongside regime forces was a pre-emptive strike against takfiri forces who were making their way into Lebanon.
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