Saniora Draws Two Paths for Lebanon Crisis Solution

by **Admin** Sun Apr 13, 2008 6:49 am

Premier
Fouad Saniora, who is preparing to kick off his second Arab tour, has
announced that either a new president is quickly elected or the
Lebanese crisis will be handed over to the Arab League to bring closer
the views of bickering politicians.

We
"either elect a president as soon as possible or (we) hand over the
issue to the Arab League" to deal with it, Saniora said in remarks
published on Saturday.

He said the organization was studying "new procedures to solve the crisis regarding Lebanese-Syrian relations."
Saniora
returned to Beirut on Thursday from a tour to Arab countries aimed at
shoring up support for a Lebanese demand to hold an Arab foreign
ministers' meeting to discuss strained Lebanese-Syrian ties.

An
Nahar daily reported Saturday that well-informed Arab sources have said
Secretary General Amr Moussa will discuss in Damascus next week with
Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is the head of the rotating
presidency of the Arab League, the issue of electing a new Lebanese
head of state during a parliamentary session scheduled for April 22.

The
newspaper said the meeting will be held on the basis of a decision made
by Arab foreign ministers on March 11 calling for the immediate
election of a new president and a decision later in the month by the
Arab League to entrust Moussa with resuming his efforts to solve the
Lebanese crisis.