President Michel Suleiman pledged to ensure that Lebanese expatriates cast their ballots in the 2013 elections, during talks Friday with visiting Paraguayan Parliament speaker Enrique Salyn Buzarquis.
"Preparations are underway in concerned ministries and managements to guarantee that the expatriates obtain the right to vote in parliamentary elections, to be held four years from now," Suleiman said.
Buzarquis” family is originally from Jounieh and immigrated to South America several generations ago. He was accompanied on his week-long trip by his wife, brother, and a number of MPs, as well as prominent members of Paraguay”s Lebanese community.
Suleiman and Buzarquis discussed ways to boost bilateral relations, especially that a large number of Paraguayan citizens of Lebanese origins occupy prominent positions in Paraguay and are well established entrepreneurs.