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Syria’s Assad congratulates Lebanon’s new president

BEIRUT (AFP) – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad Monday congratulated his new Lebanese counterpart Michel Aoun on his election, hoping it would contribute to “reinforcing stability” in Lebanon, state news agency SANA said. Lebanese lawmakers earlier Monday elected the 81-year-old ex-army chief, who promised to protect […]

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Hassan congratulates Aoun, Lebanese

NNA – The Sheikh Aql of the Mouwahidoune Druze Sect, Sheikh Naim Hassan, congratulated on Monday Lebanon and the Lebanese over the end of the presidential vacancy and the election of General Michel Aoun, President of the Republic. “We hope that the new president will […]

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Rahi congratulates Aoun over his election as president

NNA – Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi congratulated on Monday the Lebanese on the election of a new President of the Republic, hoping that General Michel Aoun’s presidential mandate would succeed in bringing all the Lebanese together and achieving Lebanon’s uprising in its state […]

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King congratulates new Lebanese president

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday sent a cable to Michel Aoun, congratulating him for his election by the parliament as the new Lebanese president. In the cable, His Majesty extended his best wishes to Aoun, stressing Jordan’s keenness on boosting cooperation with […]