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Italy in New Bid to End Lebanon Deadlock
Italy's foreign minister, part of an EU troika seeking to end Lebanon's political deadlock, will return to Beirut next week when parliament meets to elect a new president, his envoy said on Thursday.
"Mr. Massimo d'Alema will come to Lebanon next week," Cesare
Ragaglini told a news conference at the Italian embassy after a week-long visit to Lebanon.
Diplomatic sources said there was a strong possibility that French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would also return to push for a smooth end to the long-running crisis over the presidency.
On October 21, the foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain visited Beirut but failed in their bid to break the deadlock that continues to prevent the election of a new president to succeed
President Emile Lahoud.
"Mr. Massimo d'Alema will come to Lebanon next week," Cesare
Ragaglini told a news conference at the Italian embassy after a week-long visit to Lebanon.
Diplomatic sources said there was a strong possibility that French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would also return to push for a smooth end to the long-running crisis over the presidency.
On October 21, the foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain visited Beirut but failed in their bid to break the deadlock that continues to prevent the election of a new president to succeed
President Emile Lahoud.
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"The leaders are really aware that if they do not elect a president or that if they did not elect with consensus, there might be problems," Ragaglini said.
"In the state of cooperation which characterizes the democracy in Lebanon, the election of the president is very important," he added.
A special parliamentary session is planned for next Monday to vote on a new president. Two previous special sessions in September and October for MPs were postponed by Speaker Nabih Berri. Lahoud's mandate expires on November 24.