Suleiman Meets Qatar, UAE Leaders; Qatari Emir Encourages Dialogue among Lebanese
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday held talks with the leaders of Qatar and the UAE as part of his attempts to persuade several Gulf countries to reconsider their travel warnings to Lebanon.
In Doha, Suleiman briefed Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani on his recent call for resuming all-party talks, in line with the 2008 Doha Agreement, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.
Sheikh Hamad stressed “the importance of dialogue among the Lebanese to maintain the stability of their country,” said NNA.
Talks also tackled means to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries.
The two leaders also discussed inter-Arab relations and the developments in the region, said NNA.
Sheikh Hamad later threw a dinner banquet in Suleiman’s honor during which they resumed talks, NNA added.
Earlier on Wednesday, Suleiman visited the United Arab Emirates where he asserted that Lebanon is “ready to welcome and protect Emirati tourists.”
Meeting his counterpart, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Suleiman said that the “Lebanese state and people are keen on the security and freedom” of UAE visitors.
During talks on bilateral relations, Suleiman inquired UAE President about the alleged decision to expel around 1,000 Lebanese expats.
Al-Akhbar daily reported Tuesday that some Lebanese expats, who were expelled during the past few weeks, were forced to sign a document claiming that they support Hizbullah or that they are carrying out “illegal security acts.”
Suleiman wished that the decisions relating to the stay of Lebanese expats would be “evaluated in accordance with the rights and duties sponsored by the UAE laws and systems.”
He noted that “Lebanon will resume national dialogue in the few coming days, “which contribute to the stability of the country and protects Lebanon from the negative regional developments.”
For his part, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa stressed the strong ties between the two countries, voicing his readiness to support Lebanon and strengthen bilateral relations
06 June 2012, 10:47
43
just be honest for once and compare how many bahreinis died and how many syrians died... which is the most terrorist regime? the one you support...
no comment
06 June 2012, 15:37
00
number of deaths in Bahrain compared to the size of the LOCAL population and the number of Syrians killed in relation to the total Syrian population... don t think the difference is that big..
06 June 2012, 15:39
00
terrorism and its FINANCIERS must be exposed, uprooted, and destroyed!! once and for all..
06 June 2012, 16:06
01
What you say is true. At least 50%.
Being Allied with US or whatever Western country has not lead to anything good for Lebanon.
As for the rest of the 50% of your comment: the natural alliance, although true for historical reasons ( as these are countries from the same area, sharing the same history) is not needed. Lebanon needs to truly break free from any regional alliances, to establish a free independent nation that takes it´s on decisions.
I personally love Syria and it´s people but on a political level, a close alliance with Syria is not for the benefit of Lebanon. The result is always Lebanon becoming a sattelite state...
06 June 2012, 16:33
00
You are right karim, they should be more like your friend Bashar. He does not terrorize his citizens only, he kills them in the thousands and yet not only he is not afraid to send his people to Lebanon, they come armed and uninvited and take some Lebanese with them to be interrogated. Please give up your Lebanese citizenship for the sake of Lebanon,
06 June 2012, 18:20
03
I ask the president of the republic of Lebanon, why he is so keen on welcoming the UAE citizens without questioning the repot that the UAE are expelling Lebanese nationals purly on the basis of their religious sect?
I am not Shiite, or Muslim... I am Lebanese, and I am concerned and demand answers about my fellow Lebanese being deported because of their religion or supposed political affiliations!
Shame on this racist and facist policy. Who do these camel riding, tent dwelling Bedouins, think they are? Just because they have found oil under their desert lands, they think they are better than the Lebanese!? Our culture and buisness intuition will take them more than a thousand years to reach our level. Decades of war, destruction and foriegn manipulation and we still have a GDP of over $10,000.
Let these camel owners stay in their deserts... It will not have any long term affect on Lebanon!
06 June 2012, 18:25
00
honestly i cant even read any one of yours comments,i just wish 1 day i see you all thinking and acting together as lebanese and united unlike now,since were going for distruction this way just like it happened before but i have no clue why people here cant really think proparly and play the mucho guy role knowing it wont do much for either side. unfortunatly i doubt anyone would unite here but i still wish for it.all the world,not even arabs want us to be in piece,nobody does,wake up!
06 June 2012, 18:51
00
The laughable Al Alkhbar report is obviously false any Lebanese whether M8 or M14 living and working in the UAE can attest to that, besides first it's from Al Akhbar and it's dubious sources usually the fertile mind of Mr Al Amine, second what are the odds that the expelled Lebanese are an exact 1000, seriously. But based on the reaction of the pro Syria crowd the report did what it was intended to do.
06 June 2012, 18:53
00
"Your comment will be displayed after administrator approves it"
tell me Naharnet administrator do you stand behind this statement? Because it is either never displayed or is displayed more than 24 hours after it is posted.
06 June 2012, 19:55
02
The president should stand up for the Lebanese not suck up to the Arabs.
06 June 2012, 20:06
00
The president should be at home working on the security of the Lebanese in Tripoli, on the airport road and everywhere else, instead of making stupid statements.
He can't even back up his statement and no one who reads the news believes this. The Lebanese are worried this summer.
06 June 2012, 20:55
10
as usual FT knows it all! just compare how many protesters got killed raped tortured in bahrein and in syria... you ll understand who is the terrorists!
07 June 2012, 00:22
00
My fellow Shiite bro in all that is Shi3a and crescenty FlameThrower you are right we should confiscate legally arab-owned real estate in Lebanon without having to explain but forget about reforestation there is the much more important cause of changing the demographic in the Christian areas. We will use the Iranian money allocated for that task to buy all the land back at discounted prices in backroom deals with the magnificent Maréchal Aoun. Besides our friend chrisrushlau gave the official figures for those Christian invaders they constitute less than 20% of the population and got more than their share of power and land. Come to think of it we also should confiscate legally Christian-owned real estate in Lebanon without having to explain because as his divine eminence Sayyed Hassan taught us this is Muslim land and the Christians came in as invaders so it's only fair. See you at the location of the new Housayniya where a church stands now, but not for long LOL, bring your carpet.
