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Reports about 'New Plan' to End Lebanon Crisis

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Tuesday, 04 March 2008

As Syria is under growing pressure to facilitate Lebanon's presidential elections, reports surfaced Tuesday about a "new plan" to end the political crisis ahead of an Arab Summit to be held in Damascus later this month. Press reports said "new ideas" were discussed in separate overnight telephone calls between Arab League chief Amr Moussa and each of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Fouad Saniora and MP Saad Hariri. The state-run National News Agency said Berri and Moussa stressed the need to maintain efforts by the Arab League prior to a March 11 parliament session to elect a new president in Lebanon. NNA said Berri, who met on Monday with Arab ambassadors to clarify his point of view vis-à-vis the Arab summit, discussed "new ideas" with Moussa to resolve the deadlock that has left Lebanon without a President since November. UAE Ambassador Mohammad al-Soueidi said Berri was "very optimistic." "We hope Lebanon will have a President by March 11," Soueidi said, adding that the Arab initiative still stands "and we have high hopes." Future News channel said the Moussa was due in Beirut on Wednesday. Meanwhile, leaders from the pro-government March 14 coalition and the Hizbullah-led opposition were said to have headed to Cairo ahead of an Arab foreign ministers meeting on Wednesday that is supposed to make the necessary preparations for the Arab summit scheduled in Damascus March 29-30. Media reports said a March 14 delegation arrived in Cairo to hand over a letter to the Arab League Secretary General. They said the letter stressed that Syria was "the source of defect." They said resigned Health Minister Fawzi Salloukh was also in Cairo. Foreign Minister Tareq Mitri is due to arrive on Tuesday to take part in the Arab FM meeting.

 

 

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