President Michel Aoun – Page 12

Aoun deplores use of weapons of mass destruction

9 April 2017

President of the Republic Michel Aoun said that the huge burden of the displacement of more than one and a half million Syrians to Lebanon, in addition to the presence of around 500,000 Palestinians on its territory, necessitates responding to the needs of Lebanon as […]

Aoun: Lebanon Condemns Use of WMDs Regardless of Perpetrator

8 April 2017

President Michel Aoun stressed Friday that Lebanon condemns the use of weapons of mass destruction “regardless of the perpetrator,” in the wake of this week’s suspected chemical attack in Syria’s Khan Sheikhun that killed at least 86 people, among them 30 children. The attack also […]

Al-Rahi Meets Aoun: We Won’t Accept to Reach Elections without New Law

7 April 2017

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Thursday visited President Michel Aoun in Baabda and stressed that a new electoral law should be reached as soon as possible. “After 12 years (from the 2005 elections), we cannot accept to reach the electoral juncture without a (new) law,” […]

Aoun Says Judicial Line-Ups Should be Free from Political Affiliations

7 April 2017

President Michel Aoun called on Thursday for the necessity to let any judicial line-ups be clean from any sense of political affiliation in order for the judicial authority to be able to carry out its missions with equality and justice, the State-run National News Agency […]

Video of President Aoun during a campaign to protect migrating birds

3 April 2017

“It is a shame to turn Lebanon into wasteland without plants, trees, birds and sea animals.” The Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, said during a press meeting at Baabda Palace on April 2nd, 2017. (For more details watch the video )

Aoun Warns on Refugee Burden, Urges End to ‘Wars among Brothers’

30 March 2017

President Michel Aoun warned Wednesday that tiny Lebanon is reeling under the impact of the presence of around two million Syrian and Palestinian refugees on its soil, as he called for an end to the “wars among brothers” in the region. “Lebanon, which started to […]

Aoun Meets U.N. Head, Arab Leaders as Hariri, Bassil Meet Saudi, Bahrain FMs

30 March 2017

President Michel Aoun on Wednesday held talks on the sidelines of the Arab Summit in Jordan with U.N. chief António Guterres and a number of Arab leaders. The meeting with Guterres was held in the presence of Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, Lebanon’s National News Agency […]

Aoun, Hariri Relinquish Personal Rights in Case against Man Accused of Libel

29 March 2017

President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri have disclaimed their personal rights in the case of the young man who has been arrested over a Facebook post deemed insulting to Lebanon’s top leaders, Hariri said on Tuesday. “I have agreed with the president to […]

Aoun meets President of Libyan Reconciliation Government in Jordan

29 March 2017

President Michel Aoun met on Tuesday night at his residence at the Marriott Hotel – Dead Sea with the head of the Libyan Government of National Reconciliation, NNA field reporter said

Aoun meets Abadi in Jordan

29 March 2017

President Michel Aoun met on Tuesday night at his residence in Jordan with Iraqi PM Haydar al-Abadi, NNA field reporter said.

Aoun to Emphasize Importance of ‘Arab Solidarity’ at Arab Summit

29 March 2017

President Michel Aoun said on Tuesday he will carry a peace message to the Arab summit on behalf of the Lebanese and will stress the significance of Arab solidarity and activation of Arab League charter. Aoun who is scheduled to head a delegation to the […]

Aoun, Hariri reach Amman

29 March 2017

NNA field reporter on Tuesday said that Lebanese President Michel Aoun and PM Saad Hariri have reached Amman to participate in the Arab summit. Jordanian King Abdullah Al Thani received President Aoun and welcomed him as head of the Lebanese delegation to the summit.