Assistance what guarantees can he get that his government is any better than the previous ones. Not seen 15 welcome to a conflict zone thank you 2 weeks ago your Prime Minister missed the day our brought an article in the u. S. Paper pleading for International Assistance and blaming lebanons dire situation on a combination of political mismanagement and corruption why do you think that the rest of the world with its economy in tatters from the coronavirus should simply hand you huge sums of money and let you do the same thing all over again. Well 1st and foremost because were not going to do what happened before from day one when we started working in this government our plan is clear is to fight corruption to go for structural reform and and structural reform thats not minor reforms its basically forms and if you also feel of the economy not only in the Financial Sector but the economy which is the basic matter to address to go more to go away from out entier economy as much as we can and go into some productive sectors of the economy i could culture the economy the little industrial thing and new technology while maintaining of course our Service Sector which is very important and liberal economic model with respect to who committed to transparency. With Great Respect last and these are these are these are just words and intentions without without a clear plan to deal with your patronage written published if you allow me to continue yeah but that you cant judge of course its for you to judge the way you like to see it of course and i have to see it as a way of saying that we starting on this matter we started with has been 100 days now of course were taken by the. Problem which is not an excuse but its a problem weighing heavily on us but what im suggesting were committed to that matter this is why the world must try us but im not saying to give us a blank check what we have been saying at what we have been doing is the following were reaching out to all countries members of International Support group for levanon to all International Regional organizations with which were dealing with cooperating on one hand as well as open to the Civil Society to representatives of different. Here sahelian of the economy or intentions i hear intentions your Public Sector has been looted for decades by the same sectarian powers that still dominate this is what were trying to interview now not allow me to finish the phrase so im listening to you now you go tell me what i have you finished perhaps you can profit from you havent finished the question you think these warlords and power brokers like you have never letting me finish the answer youve been giving me ok for a couple of minutes and you think do you think these warlords and power brokers who control so much in lebanon will just sit around while you shine a light on all their dirty dealings and then theyll just say sorry and hand back all the billions that theyve stolen you really think thats going to happen. We are not going to think so thanks for putting this question we know its an uphill struggle we know its a key challenge and you have to stand up to the challenge or fail i know the difficulties i fully agree with you about the seriousness of the challenges about how heavy they are weighing on us since years but we have to come out with an answer otherwise you will not be taken the road that you promised to take thats a very important matter i fully agree about the challenges the nature of the challenges and the magnitude of the challenges but you have to come out with an answer of these challenges and create a sort of rupture with the past and get on a start on a new foot your your countrys record doesnt inspire confidence does it since the civil war lebanon has promised 4 times to reform in return for for a t. V. Show you enjoy something about the past telling you about the future if you want to go into the past you can have a lesson in history now that you have why should anyone trying to tell you we know the stories we learn the lessons we are trying and weve telling the International Community look at look at us and lets see if we succeed were. Planning to succeed were committed to success because we have to save our country again i agree with you about your description of the situation which i already know we all know and again im saying its a major challenge lets see for you if you can succeed in facing up to it and this is the challenge that you are taking on us is to succeed in this matter with the cooperation its our primary sponsor ability as anybodys government its not an easy matter i fully agree with you its a very difficult matter because of this well established well and trash system that you rightly described and with which i fully agree with you but this is the only road that you have to take to create upshur with the past the challenges are very important very deep but we have to take this is the only road to get out of this messy situation yes i understand what youre saying but it doesnt help when the team. That you sent to talk to the i. M. F. Figures from the presidency the finance Ministry Central bank Prime Ministers office they present conflicting views about what needs to be done your own officials dont even agree on what should be done hardly surprising when they come from different sectarian factions so if this represents the way you grew. To a station feel like you know drew we telling you were coming out of a very difficult situation we are developing a common policy again we admit its not an easy matter but we are progressing on this matter and engaging into this or that we have to take the negotiations or the have i understand the problems very well of political secularism 11 on the impact of it on the system all the problems that it has created for 4 decades now but you have to try to move out of gradually as much as we can out of the system and focus on creating and consolidating state institutions misnamed im not saying its an easy task but im saying this is the only way in order to salvage the country mr heath see the fact is that you are drowning in disunity as you have done for decades and the people know its you just look at the very public fight between your Prime Minister and the governor of the central bank these are arguably the 2 most important people in lebanon at the moment and theyre slugging it out in public as the countrys economy goes into meltdown and your currency falls through the floor what does that tell the rest of the world this very public fight between these 2 extremely important figures well there are some differences of course but now were working out and how many developing a position represented by the government by the Prime Minister and the government on trying to project you know different steps and a strategy of negotiations with the i. M. F. You talk about harmony even aware of the past problems. Im sure you can see harmony very much our of you talk about harmony but even the bank trying to agree on your rescue package do they and theyre at the heart of your saying trying to. Working on developing and consolidating a policy on that matter very much of the Banking Association position what the governor of the central bank has said but you are developing a position different assessment to reach. Developed a position of position which is a position of the government to negotiate. To be the basis of the negotiations and never suggested nobody would suggest that its an easy matter were coming out of a very messy situation the situation is still difficult economically with the social and other implications of the country but this is what you are committed which is to be to go into a real change real reforms and lets wait and see for you you know concerned observers if you succeed or if you dont succeed we draw the lessons of the past that you rightly described and you have to get out of you know of that situation that existing that existed in the past and that had very dramatic effects on the economy and the of any policy and generally not only politics mr he it might have been a good idea if you consulted the banks on the rescue package hardly a brilliant move not even took a consulting not to interrupt you we have thank you for the advice but we do have consultations we are all engaged in consultations to strengthen the official policy of the country for negotiations and for the planning of tomorrow. You tried cross party talks with other political factions at least 5 parliamentary blocs boycotted your talks saying they didnt want to be made scapegoats for the governments past failings again that hardly inspires confidence of the National Community does it see that lebanon is fractured we. Are open for discussion. Sure we are open for let me give you an example of the last Meeting House that by the Prime Minister. With the members states and organizations of the said to the group we invited as the bunnys government 4 different n. G. O. S very qualified n. G. O. S among them Research Centers and groups to prevent their views and they consider this is very important because theyre presented if you or views that are not the official government views just to inject more ideas and more you know creative thinking in order to develop more or a stronger policy in terms of the salvation of the country so we are open up to that as i started telling you we are open up internally to different factions we look we extend our arms and what you would like to discuss we ask people to come and discuss different political sensibilities different 14 groups are welcomed to suggest what they have to suggest we want to have a National Dialogue all competent and all compromise of National Dialogue with the representatives of different sectors of the economy of the societies of the Civil Society i want to and i am on the other hand with countries which are supportive of lebanon what you are saying were not saying we have a we have a plan with a capital b. Take it or leave it why are you round and stand with main ideas men out. Youve had fresh violence youve had fresh violence in the streets in may and its clear that you are not to the Government People wanted you talk about consulting Civil Society the beirut maginot Civil Society group described your cap and i never know that your season for the people accept this is again can i can a time if you want the people say this is not a government that the people want. Yes yes im saying im seeing Civil Society group described your cabinet as an insult a provocation of the people and the distain for their dignity thats a far cry a far cry from the salvation ok i got i got your message i got your message i got your message if you give me one second i respect all views those who are against us from point one before the government was formed and when the government is formed and who are extending our arms to all of those to come and discuss and present their views and ideas we need a National Dialogue in order to constructive National Dialogue so those who criticize us we respect their criticism and we are asking them to come and discuss with us and say how could we develop and National Salvation plan. You lets talk about the elephant in the room has bella you may not be a hezbollah government youve said youre not a hezbollah government but they were certainly the midwife that assisted at the birth of this government lets also be clear that has. Many midwives and the birth of this government with all due respect to your view im telling you have many midwives and using the same term and we want to have as a representative as possible a government we have and this matter may i just finish my question. I was unity if you allow me actually finish my question has just taken listening hezbollah has also taken part in previous lebanese governments that have so catastrophic actually mismanaged the country in years gone by im asking how does that qualify hezbollah to become part of the solution now. Well hezbollah whether you like it or dislike it represents a large component of a society its a Main Political Party political actor and lebanon and everybody is welcome to join and help us and this whether directly being involved directly or supportive or not supportive of the government lets see for the observers turner observers and external observers like you if you succeed you say this and i hear what you say why should the west lift a finger to help a government thats a fact of being constructed by his by law which is widely viewed around the world. What youre saying is a point of view so its not absolute reality a lot of people come to see what youre saying its a point of view you are yes not you have to explain here and i was answering im going to say. Can i answer that would you give me a 2nd to. Thank you im saying i am which terrorist organization hezbollah is widely seen around the world as a terrorist cell and is a nice asian it has not seen around the word considered by some but it is not what this some i dont agree with this view you may disagree either logically politically strategically with a lebanese Political Party or libyas National Resistance movement thats your right to do so but its a major represent a major component of the of any society a social component and political component what im saying take us to task as a government telling our western countries with which we are committed to develop the best out of relations culturally politically socially economically strategically with the western countries are very close to most of those countries who have very good relations which want to develop to deepen strengthen and a lot of these western countries take us to test about what we are doing what we are planning to do not about what is said here or there or about any ideological sloganeering or ideological views. Well lets just look at some of the specifics that has been accused of britain says that the organization continues to amass an arsenal of weapons in lebanon in direct contravention of Un Security Council resolutions 17011559 putting the security of the region at risk they also support terrorism in iraq and the palestinian territories do you approve of those actions. What you call terrorism and palestine as National LiberationMovement Israel is a federal state and israeli policies are terrorist policies of patient of wanting to you know just destroy the National Identity of the people of wanting to observe International Law of human rights of certain nation principles thats a terrorist policy conducted publicly about officially by israel. So we have committed to peace we are committed to other Peace Initiative and the arab words allow me to finish with committed to out of the arab Peace Initiative thats based entirely on you and Security Council resolutions voted by the 1st and foremost by the foot 5 permanent members and supported by the International Community so lets see who is conducting terrorist policies here and there with all due respect you could have a difference and i respect the difference that you have any Political Parties and lebanon or anybody is Foreign Policy but what you are saying here to rest on a friend france take us to test help us engage us in a dialogue and a compromise a dialogue about how we are planning to move forward to just get lebanon out of this messy situation the instability of lebanon and dressing the instability and creating a societal stability in lebanon is 1st and foremost the responsibility of the iranian people but its also in the interest of the region and its and interest of the material region and of the International Community we are open to all ideas political ideas comprehensive ideas about that particular point or other things to discuss with us we are very much open to dialogue d reaching out to everybody we accept criticism or welcome criticism want to discuss and try to get out of the situation with respect if you dont address the accusations that are made by western governments against hezbollah youre never going to inspire confidence in the western accusations resolution now to give you my got your point that now is. Not the reality with all due respect to everybody they come from very pretty highly respected governments absolutely and with we have very good relations and we want to develop these relations with the west western europe with you as we have committed to develop and to discuss an openly and to find Common Ground with these governments and of these countries we are very much we had we always had good relations and we want to develop further more of these relations and when. Terrorism you turn around and simply accuse israel of terrorism how helpful do you think that is to your call of course. Well this is not to mikos. Is a Resistance Movement fighting on the vine is it was fighting all the various territories you might disagree or agree with its policies im talking about the iranian government not about the policy of one particular party but when you are imagining Israeli Occupying arab land palestinian land