Harriri Supports “Arab Road Map” to end Lebanon”s Crisis

Al Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri welcomed Sunday the “Road Map” set by Arab foreign ministers declaring support for the election of Army commander Gen. Michel Suleiman president and the formation of a government in which he calls the shots.

 

Hariri, in a statement released by his press office, said the statement issued by the meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo confirms the need to “fill in the vacuum at the presidential office and the need to shift quickly to set the constitutional mechanism that would allow parliament to convene and carry out the resulting consensus on Gen. Suleiman without any pre-conditions.”

 

“On behalf of all the free people in Lebanon I thank … whoever played a role in achieving this historic Arab stand regarding Lebanon,” Hariri said.

 

He paid special tribute to “Arab kings and presidents who crystallized the trends included in the Cairo declaration.”

 

“At the same time I address all my Lebanese brethren, from all the political factions, calling for the widest solidarity with this declaration and with the Arab will to protect Lebanon and salvage the presidency from vacuum,” Hariri said.

 

He said the Cairo meeting resulted in an “achievement in favor of Lebanon”s interest … we are determined to adhere to the Arab Road Map leading to the election of Gen. Michel Suleiman president.”