NNA - President of the Republic, Joseph Aoun, on Wednesday underscored the urgent need to set aside political disputes to expedite the formation of a new government, emphasizing that its primary mi ...
( MENAFN - Jordan Times) Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon's lawmakers on Thursday elected army chief Joseph Aoun as president after a two-year vacancy in the position, in a step towards lifting the ...
Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday ... US, Saudi and French envoys visited Beirut in the run-up, while French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian attended the vote. Several lawmakers in the second round still objected ...
President Joseph Aoun met Wednesday at Baabda Palace with the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Ephrem II, who hoped for a swift government formation. “We came he ...
Aoun took the oath of office after the formal ... Saudi representative Yazid Al-Farhan, and French diplomat Jean-Yves Le Drian held meetings with key Lebanese political figures to discuss the ...
Aoun, who turns 61 on Friday ... US, Saudi and French envoys visited Beirut in the run-up, while French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian attended the vote. Several lawmakers in the second round still ...
Lebanon’s new president, Joseph Aoun, has initiated binding parliamentary consultations to nominate a prime minister-designate for the next government.