UK formally requests EU to list Hezbollah as terror org.
Britain has formally requested the European Union to blacklist Lebanonâ„¢s resistance movement Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, despite massive opposition in the EU.
The request, which has been made despite concerns by France and Germany, is to be discussed at the end of May by European Foreign Ministers, al-Hayat daily quoted unnamed French sources as saying.
According to the paper, London has based its claim against Hezbollah on its alleged involvement in the conflict in Syria and in a bombing in Bulgaria.
The French government is reportedly against listing Hezbollahâ„¢s full military wing as a terrorist group and has given its go-ahead for only a number of the Lebanese resistance movementâ„¢s officials to be blacklisted.
The British will have to persuade Italy, Spain, Cyprus and Greece, among other EU governments, to be able to get Hezbollah banned.
Londonâ„¢s push is a copy cat move on Washingtonâ„¢s blacklisting of Hezbollah.
The Bulgarian government has accused Hezbollah of involvement in the attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last July while Hezbollah has rejected the accusations as baseless.
Bulgarian opposition MPs have also lashed out at their government for “not providing solid proof to charge Hezbollah” stressing that their government has caved under pressure by the Israeli regime to launch a smear campaign against the resistance movement.
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This article originally appeared on : Press TV