U.S. Embassy: Feltman Not Visiting Lebanon, Sison Remains U.S. Ambassador
The U.S. embassy has denied a media report that U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman would visit Beirut this week.
The embassy also denied al-Markaziya news agency”s report that the Obama administration would most probably replace Michele Sison as U.S. ambassador to Beirut.
Al-Markaziya said Monday that Feltman would visit Beirut and hold talks with top Lebanese officials and March 14 leaders as part of a tour to the region.
The news agency also said that Sison, who is spending a two-week holiday in the U.S., would stay in Washington so that she could take part in the meetings that Lebanese President Michel Suleiman will hold with top officials in Washington, including President Barack Obama, on December 12.
Al-Markaziya also reported that the U.S. administration was seeking to appoint a new ambassador to Lebanon.