Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. All of the conflicts and tensions in the wider middle east coalesce in one small nation lebanon. Currently a quarter of the lebanese population is made up of refugees from syria. Iran wields huge influence in lebanon thanks to its sponsorship of the militant Group Hezbollah, and israel has a long history of intervention in its northern neighbour. My guest today is lebanons foreign minister gebran bassil. Is his government making lebanons problems worse . Gebran bassil, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Once again, it looks as though lebanon could be drawn in to a dangerous regional conflict, and your government appears to be doing nothing right now to reduce the tension. Why is that . Actually, we want to avoid getting into any trouble. Our policy is to be disassociated from any conflict in the region but we are obliged to protect our country and we are repeatedly aggressed by israeli violations of Un Resolution 1701.
With stephen sackur. Welcome too hard to talk. I am a stephen sackur. All of the conflicts and tensions in the wider middle east coalesce in the discordant politics of one small state lebanon. Currently a quarter of the lebanese population is made of syrians seeking refuge from war. Iran wields huge influence through its sponsorship of the Shia Islamist Group Hezbollah, while israel has a history of intervention in its northern neighbour. My guest today is Lebanese Foreign minister gebran bassil. Is his government making lebanons problems worse . Gebran bassil, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Once again, it looks as though lebanon could be drawn in to a dangerous regional conflict. And your government appears to be doing nothing right now to reduce the tension. Why is that . Actually, we wa nt to tension. Why is that . Actually, we want to avoid getting into any trouble. Our policy is to be disassociated from any conflict in the region but we are obliged to protect our country and we a
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It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and 9 00am in the morning in manila, where President Trump is in the philippines to attend the asean summit that is due to get under way shortly. He is set to meet the controversial leader Rodrigo Duterte, whose drug war has claimed thousands of lives. Earlier, leaders gathered for a gala dinner in manila and signed a number of trade agreements with hong kong. Joining us from manila is the bbcs howard johnson. President Rodrigo Dutertes drug war has been controversial. It has claimed thousands of lives, and leaders gathered for a gala dinner in manila. They signed a number of trade agreements with hong kong at the time, and as you can see, they are all arriving. Canadian Leader Justin Trudeau has just walked through the door, as they begin the asean summit, being greeted by his counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte of the philippines. And we can speak now to howard johnson, who is actually in manila. He is at the us embassy at the moment where we can