Burns postpones visit to Lebanon for the second time

Lebanese official sides said that the US under secretary of state William Burns's visit to Lebanon which was due Wednesday evening to Beirut in the framework of his peace mission to the middle East was postponed until today ( Thursday).

During his visit to Beirut Burns will be meeting with the Lebanese President Emil Lahoud and the two sides will discuss several issues, especially the ME peace process and the question of fighting terrorism which has been the essence of differences between Washington and Beirut as a result of the American position towards the Lebanese national resistance.