Last update - 00:00 25/09/2006
Lebanon official: Hezbollah fighters should join army
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr on Monday called on Hezbollah fighters to be incorporated into the Lebanese army.
In a joint press conference held with his Belgian counterpart, Murr suggested the guerillas could remain a separate unit under the army's central command.
"It would be an honor for the army to have them operating as a division, an honor for the army and for resistance," He said.
Murr also announced the Lebanese army had placed an order for new anti-tank and surface-to-air missiles scheduled to arrive by next year.
He said the arms would help the army defend the country's borders.
"When the Israeli enemy retreats and the Lebanese army deploys its troops along the border they will be able to react to every territorial infringement," Murr said.