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| Lebanon summons US ambassador |
| 2011-01-18 |
| [Iran Press TV] Leb's Foreign Ministry has summoned US Ambassador to Beirut Maura Connelly over interfering in the country's domestic affairs. Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali Shami asked Connelly to clarify the reasons behind her visit with politician Nicolas Fattouch, a Press TV correspondent reported from Beirut. The foreign minister "considers these kinds of contacts as interference in Leb's internal affairs," the ministry said in a statement on Monday. Leb is in a political standoff after Prime Minister Saad Hariri's government collapsed on Wednesday when 11 Hezbullies-affiliated ministers resigned in a dispute over the US-backed Special Tribunal for Leb (STL). The STL is probing the liquidation of former Lebanese Premier Rafiq Hariri in 2005. The US-sponsored tribunal is reportedly about to indict some Hezbullies members in the Hariri murder case -- an allegation which has been vehemently rejected by the Lebanese resistance movement. On Monday, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman postponed talks on the appointment of a new premier until next Monday. "After assessing the positions of various parties in Leb ... President Michel Suleiman has decided to postpone parliamentary consultations until Monday, January 24 and Tuesday, January 25, 2011," read a statement released by the president's office. |
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