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| Williams Says Government Formation Possible if Bickering Parties Cooperate | |
| 2011-01-21 | |
U.N. Special Coordinator for Leb Michael Williams said Thursday that he believed it was possible to form a new government "provided that there is a good will and cooperation of all political parties in working for justice as well as stability."
"Leb is not an easy country to govern, and we know that the neighborhood also has many problems, and I believe that the prime minister has done his best to steer the country on a wise course during this period," he said. Williams told news hounds that he received assurances from Hariri that there would be calm and order in the coming period despite differences among bickering parties. When asked if he thought the U.N. was threatened, the diplomat said: "No, the difficulties are within the Lebanese political parties themselves and the United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society contributes a great deal to Leb, not least its third largest peacekeeping mission in the world, UNIFIL, in a very small country." "This underlines our commitment to ensuring the stability for Leb within such a difficult region," he said. Before holding talks with Hariri, Williams met with Free Patriotic Movement Despite its name a Christian party allied with Hizbullah, neither free nor particularly patriotic... leader Michel Aoun ...a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah... in Rabiyeh. He hoped the crisis would be resolved peacefully and urged Lebanese officials to engage in dialogue to solve the deadlock. "The current crisis should be resolved in a peaceful and lawful manner," Williams said in Rabiyeh. "Despite the divisions, I underlined in my meeting with Gen. Aoun that dialogue amongst the Lebanese leaders is the only possible means for helping the country out of its present crisis. "The efforts of Leb's regional and international friends are encouraging but they also need to be coupled with internal Lebanese efforts to safeguard the country's stability and to reach a solution," Williams said. "The Lebanese people have the right to stability and to justice," he added. | |
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