CATHOLICOS ARAM I WELCOMES AGREEMENT REACHED BY POLITICAL FORCES CONCERNING PERSON OF PRESIDENT OF LEBANON
Noyan Tapan
Dec 11, 2007
ANTILIAS, DECEMBER 11, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Fouad Siniora,
the Prime Minister of Lebanon, had a telephone conversation with
Aram I, the Catholicos of the Great Cilician House, on December
10. According to the information provided from the Patriarchate
of Antilias, the Prime Minister introduced the political situation
governing in Lebanon, concentrating especially on the presidential
elections. He stated that there is an agreement on the presidential
candidate, however, there are certain difficulties in the direction of
the process of the constitutional amendments. The main divergence of
opinion is that Nabih Berri, the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon,
wants that amendment to be made through the parliament and he, the
Prime Minister, and the government led by him regard that approach
as anti-constitutional.
After listening the concerns and viewpoints of the Prime Minister,
His Holiness Patriarch expressed happiness that the political opposite
forces have managed to reach an agreement with regard to the person of
the new president. His Holiness stressed the imperative necessity for
bringing the country out of the current uncertainty, saying that other
difficulties for reaching that goal should be considered as secondary.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
