BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's Hezbollah on Thursday vehemently rejected accusations that it was involved in training members of the Shia opposition engaged in anti-regime protests in Bahrain. "We cannot remain silent as concerns accusations about training (regime opponents)," the Shia militant group said in a statement. "The accusations are aimed at undermining the peaceful demonstrations of the oppressed people." The statement was in reaction to charges by Bahrain's foreign minister that Hezbollah was helping train regime opponents. "None of our Bahraini brothers have ever asked for military training and we have provided no such training to anyone in Bahrain," Hezbollah said. "Any statements to the contrary are a lie and slanderous."