Michel Suleiman

Williams meets Siniora, says UN chief is highly interested in dialogue and national defense strategy

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams said that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was highly interested in the national dialogue and Lebanon’s defense strategy, as well as in the current...

Lahoud: The issue of missing persons and detainees in Syrian prisons is in the hands of President...

Minister of State Nasib Lahoud said that neither President Michel Sleiman nor Interior Minister Ziad Baroud had been attacked. He added that “in principleâ€_ there was no problem with Baroud’s recent visit to Syria, but the...

UN conference on culture of peace kicks off

The two-day UN conference on culture of peace kicked off at the United Nations headquarters Wednesday, with President of the UN General Assembly Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann calling for morals and ethics in all human activity....

Suleiman Wants Lebanon to be International Center for Interfaith, Cultural Dialogue

President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday expressed Lebanon's ambition in being an international center for interfaith and cultural dialogue. He told the U.N. interfaith conference in New York that Lebanon is a place for...

Religions no be used as instruments to cause misery; King Abdullah

UNITED NATIONS: Advocating peace, justice and tolerance as the key Islamic values, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia on Wednesday said religions should not be used as “instruments to cause misery”. “Human beings were...

World leaders at UN split on root cause of religious intolerance

World leaders met Wednesday at the United Nations to discuss religious tolerance in a conference called for by by Saudi Arabia, a country where only a strict form of Islam is allowed. More than a dozen heads of state were due...

Makari and Chehayeb call for an end to exploitation of naturalization issue

Deputy Parliament Speaker Farid Makari commented on the constitutional amendment proposed by 11 March 14 MPs requiring unanimous approval for any amendment to allow the naturalization of Palestinians by saying, “The...

Man in the middle

While forming a national defense strategy is the ostensible top priority of the national dialogue, participants are not focusing on this issue in their talks. President Sleiman, in his role as agenda setter and mediator, is...

Kuwait Amir meets Lebanese president

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 12 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah met here Wednesday with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on the occasion of the UN General Assembly's high-level meeting...

Qabalan says dialogue is the only way to resolve Lebanon’s problems

Vice-president of the Higher Shia Islamic Council Sheikh Abdel-Amir Qabalan said that “dialogue is the only way to resolve Lebanon’s problems.â€_ Qabalan called on the Lebanese to “intensify meetings and consultations and...