Hassan Nasrallah
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Hezbollah chief, Hamas mission meet in Lebanon
Hassan Nasrallah meets with Islamist group officials in Beirut to discuss 'international, regional affairs'
Hezbollah Chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah met Wednesday with a Hamas delegation led by Mohammad Naser.
The Beirut meeting also included top Hamas officials Osama Hamdan and Munir Saeed. The parties are believed to have discussed, among other things, the prisoner exchange deal which will lead to Gilad Shalit's release.
A statement released by Hezbollah following the meeting said it focused on "international and regional affairs, in light of our frustration with the American administration and its aggressive policies in Arab and Islamic matters, and especially given its outrageous inclination to support Israel's policies against the Palestinian people and their rights."
Both sides expressed their satisfaction by the Lebanese government's decision to back a bill allowing Hezbollah to maintain its weapons.
The parties also expressed their hopes that "the Lebanese-Palestinian dialoged will be renewed soon, based on the right of return and the objection to settling Palestinian refuges in Lebanon."
