Lebanese president confers with Farrakhan
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 7/5/2002

Lebanese President Emil Lahoud on Thursday underlined the importance of inter- Arab solidarity in this crucial phase the Arab nation is passing. During his meeting on Thursday with Minister Louis Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader in the USA and members of the accompanying delegation, the Lebanese President stressed that recent Arab summit which was held in Beirut concluded historical decisions ad launched a peace initiative on the Middle East, based on international resolutions, to which Lebanon is committed to and considered as a base for a solution to the Arab- Israeli conflict.

Farrakhan on the other hand, stressed that peace can not be achieved in the world unless being based on equity and justice.

He added he aims behind his current tour and his moves inside the US to find out a political force including Muslims and Christians as a pressing forces that can affect the inclination and positions of the American administration towards debated issues in the world especially in the Middle East and the Arab states and to withstand the "Zionist Lobby."

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