Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri stressed that "people are wrong in believing that Hizbullah's arms are to be the subject of discussion at the dialogue table."

In an interview with "al-Manar"  Lebanese TV, Berri reiterated that "the only defense strategy that the dialogue addresses is based on the equation of the army, people, and resistance."

Emphasizing the importance of resuming the without preconditions, he noted that "it will no longer be a dialogue if conditions are set."

"The dialogue is necessary for not just internal reasons, but external ones as well and there can be no real Lebanon without dialogue," "al-Manar" quoted Berri as saying.

Commenting on the issue of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's funding, the speaker noted that "the matter is related to its constitutional legitimacy and the way it was formed."

"Lebanon's democracy allows contentious issues to be subject to a vote at governmentand they are also free to subject it to a vote at parliament," Berri stated.

Addressing the escalating "Israeli" threats against Iran, Lebanon and Gaza, House speaker viewed that he is not entirely worried about them, "but we shouldn't completely dismiss them."

"We should beware of military madness and this is an additional reason to activate the dialogue," he confirmed.