16/12/2009 Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal claimed on Wednesday that Lebanon would be denied true sovereignty as long as Hezbollah "owns more arms than the military forces of the country."
Speaking in an interview with the International Herald Tribune, Faisal also said he was "suspicious" of Iranian claims its nuclear program is peaceful. He pointed out that Tehran should never be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.
Meanwhile, he said that the US support for Israel gave the Zionist entity the option of not making peace. "Absolute US backing... has made Israel see the option of living in the area without the acceptance of the people of the area," Prince Faisal was quoted as saying. "This has led to many years of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians," he concluded.
The Saudi minister also lamented the failure of his efforts to establish a Palestinian state and regional peace during his tenure of almost 35 years as foreign minister. "Peace until now is like holding water or sand in your hand. You see the amount of water, you think you can hold something, but it falls away. Sand is the same thing. So unless there is something to hold in your hand and to point to as a success and as an achievement, you have done nothing."
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