Hoss, Arslan stress the necessity of forming a national government
Lebanon, Politics, 3/25/2005

Lebanese senior officials warned Thursday against the current dangerous situation that surrounded Lebanon, poiting out that these circumstances may negatively affect security and economic situation in the country.

Former Lebanese Prime Minister, Salim al-Hoss, and Lebanese Minister of Expatriates, Talal Arslan, stressed during a meeting the necessity of forming a new national government to supervise the Lebanese forthcoming election. They both stressed the importance of starting a serious national dialogue to overcome the current Lebanese crisis.

Al-Hoss announced on Thursday strong rejection of some Lebanese parties calls to send for international forces into Lebanon.

In a statement, al-Hoss said the call for these forces that does not enjoy satisfaction of all Lebanese, " will make a new national split that is difficult to predict its dimensions and consequences over Lebanon's stability and civil peace." He called for national unity and aversion of political conflicts and divisions to face any strikes that will damage the country stability and security.

Meantime, Russia's ambassador in Beirut Sergie Pokin hoped Lebanon would surmount as quick as possible all difficulties to hold parliamentary elections to keep interior security in a total way in this friendly country to Russia.

This came in a meeting between the Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri and the ambassador.

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