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| Salameh ready to become Lebanon's president if all agree |
| 2007-10-31 |
| Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh said he was ready to become president if rival factions agreed to it and warned that continuing political crisis was strangling Lebanon's economic growth. Although Salameh says he is not campaigning for the presidency, he is seen as a leading contender and someone who could be acceptable to sides whose power struggle has paralyzed government and sparked deadly violence. Asked in a Reuters interview on Tuesday if he would be ready to take up the presidency, Salameh said: "If there is an agreement or consensus, of course. But I am not going to campaign for that." |
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