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* Lebanon: Arab League urges 'immediate' election of Sleiman

AFP, January 5, 2008

CAIRO, Jan 5, 2008 (AFP) - Arab League foreign ministers meeting here have called for the "immediate" election of the consensus candidate for the Lebanese presidency Michel Sleiman, the organisation's secretary general said Saturday.

Amr Mussa made the announcement following a consultative meeting of foreign ministers gathering for an extraordinary meeting Sunday of the 22-member pan-Arab called to deal with Lebanon's political crisis

"The ministers welcome favourably the consensus around Michel Sleiman as a candidate for the presidency and call for his immediate election in accordance with the constitution," He said Syria, long seen as a divisive influence on its neighbour, had backed the call. Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem had attended the consultative meeting.

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