--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
SPORTS
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Film in China
War on Poverty
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service
China Calendar
Dialing and
Postal Codes


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the UN
Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organizations in Switzerland
Foreign Affairs College
Pro-Syrian Lebanese PM Invites Opposition to Cabinet

The reinstated pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karami suggested on Thursday that he would not form the next Lebanese government unless opposition legislators agree to play a role in his cabinet.
 
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Thursday reappointed pro-Syrian Omar Karami as the country's new prime minister, only 10 days after the opposition forced Karami to resign on Feb. 28 amid massive protests.

"If there is no national unity government and if I am the obstacle, then I am ready to bow out," said Karami during a news conference following his reappointment in Beirut. He added that he hopes to begin talks with opposition legislators next week on the composition of a cabinet.

Lebanese opposition leaders, on the other hand, are now concentrating on ensuring fair spring elections which they hope could bring in a government less aligned with Syria, according to a report on Washington Post website on Thursday.

The opposition leaders seemed to be boycotting a new Karami government, which several of them even doubted would ever be formed, the report said.

(Xinhua News Agency via agencies March 11, 2005)

Pro-Syria PM Set to Return, Seek Unity
Syria, Lebanon Agree on Partial Pullout
US Not to Tolerate Syria's 'Half Measures'
Lebanese Legislators to Choose New PM
Lebanese Gov't Quits amid Pressure, Protests
UN Warns Syria Against Interfering in Lebanon
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688