I met Minister Tarek Mitri a while ago. You can read the interview on WSN.
“…. and you have the fact that you need the good offices, in times of crises, of some third party. However, this is only one part of the answer. The other is that Lebanon's conflict and tensions have more than one dimension. They are often local in their origin, implications and effects on our lives; they crystallize around issues like power sharing. This is what the Taif was all about. Doha too was in a way about power-sharing, national unity government and electoral law, but also about putting an end to violence. The price is paid here, the effects are here and the actors are Lebanese. Be that as it may, most of these conflicts have both an international dimension and an Arab dimension. Sometimes this dimension exacerbates the local aspects. A perception that some Lebanese, maybe many, I don't know, developed is that the country is a battleground for all forces.”
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“Often those who call on foreign support do so in the name of fear, of being threatened by others or in the name of a cause that transcends the borders of Lebanon. “
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“I think the Taif Agreement was a rather comprehensive political reform, while Doha was an agreement that will last, so to speak, one year. It takes us through the elections. How I see Lebanon in a decade? I don't know. It's hard to predict, but I don't see a chance for the country, ten years from now, without a workable democracy, a political system that generates solutions from within. If we’ll have a third agreement, another Doha, it means Lebanon would be a failed state, would not be viable. My hope is that we go back to normalcy. It is difficult, is going to take time, but at least we have to make sure we agree on the terms to move forward.”