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09:03, April 24, 2008 |
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and visiting Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak Wednesday called for an early presidential election in Lebanon.
"A solution must urgently be found to elect a president so that the political process can move forward," Mubarak told a press briefing after talks with Merkel in Berlin.
Mubarak said Egypt has met with all sides in the Lebanese conflict to explore a way out.
The Egyptian president said he recently met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in efforts to promote the political process.
Berri Tuesday postponed a parliamentary session to elect a president, without setting the exact date of the next session. It is the 18th postponement since Sept. 25, 2007.
Lebanon is facing the most complicated political crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war. The majority and opposition in parliament have been unable to achieve a breakthrough to elect a new president since Nov. 24, 2007.
Under the U.N. mandate, Germany has deployed naval units to patrol the Lebanese coast to halt the smuggling of arms.
Source:Xinhua
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