Lebanon: Berri rejects to meet with US senior official

Lebanese Parliament Speaker, Nabih Berri rejected to meet with Middle East Senior Director of the American National Security Council, Dan Shapiro on Friday. Berri only allowed his consultant, Ali Hamdan to meet with Dan Shapiro. The American Vice-President, Joe Biden and Foreign Minister, Hilary Clinton in their visits to Lebanon before parliamentary elections had rejected to meet with Berri. America usually interferes in Lebanon’s internal affairs. The Lebanese Foreign Ministry repeatedly has announced that the American ambassador to Beirut and many other American officials in their visits to Lebanon do not comply with diplomatic norms.