Lebanon leaders fail to agree on president fate

Published May 16th, 2006 - 06:42 GMT

Lebanese political leaders on Tuesday adjourned the latest round of reconciliation talks, still unable to find a consensus on the future of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud. According to AFP, the leaders, following four hours of talks, set the next round of negotiations for June 8 to continue discussions on disarming Hizbullah.

 

"Participants did not reach an agreement on the presidency, so they moved on to the remaining item on the table: the strategic defense policy" against potential Israeli dangers on Lebanon, stated speaker Nabih Berri.

 

"When we fail in a subject, we said that we will come out and say it. We are not ashamed of it," said Berri, referring to the discussions on the fate of Lahoud.

 

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