Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah on Monday accepted the results the Lebanese parliamentary elections in which the guerrilla group and its allies were defeated by the Western-backed coalition.
"We accept these results…with sportsmanship and in a democratic way and we accept that the ruling camp has achieved the parliamentary majority," Nasrallah said in a televised address, adding that opposition leaders would meet soon to agree on a joint stance over the naming of a new prime minister and the formation of a new government.
He went on to congratulate "the Lebanese people for this national electoral achievement," adding that the ruling party "must know that they hold the responsibility of this representation, and they should rise to this responsibility."