KKE leader addresses Middle East communist and labour party meeting

KKE leader addresses Middle East communist and labour party meeting

Communist Party of Greece (KKE) Secretary General Aleka Papariga addressed a special conference of communist and labour parties from the Middle East in the Athens district of Perisos on Saturday, stressing that the UN Security Council's resolution does not constitute a basis for a solution to the Middle East crisis. The conference will end on Sunday. Papariga, who disagreed with the sending of a military force to Lebanon, made proposals on joint action between communist and labour parties in the region. Referring to the situation created in the region after the war, she said that the resolution cannot be considered a basis for a just solution that will create conditions for Lebanon's security, sovereignty and territorial integrity. The KKE leader further said that the resolution gives Israel the right to invoke "self defence" again and at the same time it continues to interfere directly in Lebabon's domestic affairs, despite the objections of the country's government, political parties and organisations, on the issue of disarmament. "The establishment of a strengthened military force under the mandate of the UN, and with increased duties in southern Lebanon, reflects the request of Israel and of the United States to prevent any vacuum that could be created and that could be filled, as they say, by 'Hezbollah'. These are pretexts to deal a blow at the Lebanese resistance in its entirety. Therefore, the resolution contains the sperm of a new and even more savage conflict," she added. Lastly, Papariga stressed that her party's position is that communist and labour parties in the region must intensify their efforts and focus on defending respect for the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of every country against any imperialist intervention that can take place under any pretext.