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Archbishop Paul Dahdah of Beirut has complained about foreign interference in Lebanese affairs, charging that Western countries have been seeking their own interests there, to the detriment of Lebanese democracy.
“Actually I cannot say that Lebanon has been totally independent and autonomous since the departure of the Syrians,” the Lebanese archbishop told Vatican Radio in a September 29 interview. The notion that foreign powers are doing their best to preserve Lebanese independence, he said, is “a bit superficial.” Both France and the US as nations which have been involved “in a subtle way,” he said. “They say they are not, but I am not so sure about that.”
Archbishop Dahdah, the Latin-rite apostolic vicar for Beirut, spoke with Vatican Radio during a visit to Rome. He said that pressure from Western powers has left Lebanon without “freedom of political action.” The archbishop charged that the cause of democracy is often used as a pretext for other nations to intervene in pursuit of their own national interests.
Archbishop Paul Dahdah of Beirut has complained about foreign interference in Lebanese affairs, charging that Western countries have been seeking their own interests there, to the detriment of Lebanese democracy.
“Actually I cannot say that Lebanon has been totally independent and autonomous since the departure of the Syrians,” the Lebanese archbishop told Vatican Radio in a September 29 interview. The notion that foreign powers are doing their best to preserve Lebanese independence, he said, is “a bit superficial.” Both France and the US as nations which have been involved “in a subtle way,” he said. “They say they are not, but I am not so sure about that.”
Archbishop Dahdah, the Latin-rite apostolic vicar for Beirut, spoke with Vatican Radio during a visit to Rome. He said that pressure from Western powers has left Lebanon without “freedom of political action.” The archbishop charged that the cause of democracy is often used as a pretext for other nations to intervene in pursuit of their own national interests.
