"Hezbollah condemns this attempt to create dissent and strife among the Lebanese under the guise of advice and guidance," Hezbollah said in a statement.
"Roed-Larsen's continuous attempts to interfere in Lebanese affairs and incite the Lebanese to fight one another are unacceptable for an international official working for peace in the region," it said.
On Thursday, the U.N. envoy had warned of the need to address the presence in Lebanon of "heavily armed militias," which he said was a violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559, adopted in 2004. The resolution calls for "the disbanding and disarmament of all militias in the country."
Roed-Larsen didn’t mention the ongoing Israeli violations for the Lebanese space and territories.
"As long as these unresolved issues are there, for instance the existence of heavily armed militias in Lebanon... there will always be tension," Roed-Larsen said after briefing the Security Council on a report on the implementation of Resolution 1559.
But Hezbollah warned that its arms were "only to be discussed among the Lebanese as part of a comprehensive national defense strategy, and neither Roed-Larsen nor any other officials, international or not, can interfere."
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