Visit of Moussa”s Representative Postponed

The visit of Arab League Chief Amr Moussa”s assistant to Beirut has been postponed until after Sunday”s meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers, al-Mustaqbal daily reported Wednesday.

 

It said Hisham Youssef, who was expected to arrive in Lebanon on Tuesday, will visit Beirut after the meeting that will be held in the Egyptian capital to discuss the Lebanese Presidential crisis.

 

Al-Mustaqbal also said that the Cairo meeting will issue a strong stance on the need to hold presidential elections without prior conditions and will announce support for Premier Fouad Saniora”s government and the Lebanese army.

 

The Hizbullah-led opposition is at loggerheads with the pro-government March 14 forces over the formation of the next cabinet.

 

While both sides have agreed on army Chief Gen. Michel Suleiman as a compromise choice to fill the vacant candidacy, the opposition wants to have veto power in the government before electing a new head of state.