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Apr. 19, 2015 | 03:48 PM

Bassil: Betting on foreign powers could ruin Lebanon

Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil speaks during a press conference in Beirut, Thursday, May 29, 2014 (TDS/Mohammad Azakir)

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Summary

Lebanon could plunge in chaos if political powers in Lebanon bet on competing foreign powers and bring regional conflicts into the country, Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said Sunday.

Speaking in Akkar as part of his tour on the northern Lebanese district, Bassil said any such attempts to import regional conflicts would spread chaos and ruin Lebanon.

Lebanon has been without president for since May 25 2014, when former President Michel Sleiman left office at the end of his term.