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Article: ARAB AFFAIRS - June 6 - Qatari Leaders Lend Backing For New Cabinet.
- Article from:
- APS Diplomat Recorder
- Article date:
- June 7, 2008
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President Michel Sleiman receives a phone call from Qatari Emir Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, who reiterated his support for efforts aimed at implementing the Arab-brokered Doha agreement, which ended an 18-month political crisis in Lebanon. Sleiman also received a call for the same purpose form Qatari PM Shaikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani amid unconfirmed reports that a Qatari envoy might be visiting Lebanon to help the rival parties overcome hurdles to the formation of the new government. Meanwhile, the formation of the new cabinet seemed unlikely ahead of French President Nicholas Sarkozy's visit to Lebanon, scheduled for June 7. But former President Amine Gemayel ...