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Lebanon has asked the European
Union not to add Hezbollah to its blacklist of terrorist organisations, calling
the group an "essential component of Lebanese society".EU foreign
ministers prepared to discuss whether to add the armed wing of Hezbollah to
their list of terrorist groups. A Lebanese presidency statement said it had
"asked the foreign minister to notify the European Commission and member
states of the government's request, and not to place Hezbollah, an essential
component of Lebanese society, on the list of terror
organisations".Diplomatic sources said foreign ministers were set to
decide on Monday whether or not to blacklist the military wing of
Hezbollah. The Shia Muslim movement has a strong presence in the current
government of Lebanon, which is set for parliamentary elections in 2014.
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