Saniora: Arab Umbrella Shadows Lebanon

Premier Fouad Saniora Discussed with Arab league Secretary General Amr Moussa on Monday efforts to settle the Lebanon crisis and patch up Beirut-Damascus differences.

 

Saniora was quoted as saying after the two-hour meeting contacts were underway between Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria to settle the political crisis in Beirut and tackle the Lebanese-Syrian deteriorating relations.

 

“Lebanon has one neighbor, that is Syria, and one enemy, that is Israel,” Saniora said.

 

“The Arab umbrella shadows Lebanon,” he added without further elaboration on the remark.

 

Following his mission in Egypt, which included talks with President Husni Mubarak, Saniora is to leave for the United Arab Emirates.

 

The majority premier is scouting possibilities of requesting a meeting by Arab foreign ministers to tackle the strained Lebanese-Syrian relations.