Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 10/30/2000
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of October 30, 2000
- Syrian premier visits Lebanon on Monday Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 11/4/2000
- Lebanon foreign minister visits Damascus today
Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hamoud said in a statement in Beirut on Friday that he will visit Damascus today at the invitation of the Syrian foreign minister Farouk al-Shara’ "to hold talks on bilateral relations between the two sisterly states and events in the region." Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 11/4/2000 - Beirut's 44th book fair opens Lebanon, Culture, 11/4/2000
- Al-Hariri: Syrian presence needed for stability in Lebanon
Lebanese President Emi Lahoud has stressed that Israel's continued violations into the Lebanese territories threatens stability in South Lebanon and would result in further consequences that Israel alone is responsible for. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 11/3/2000 - Al- Hariri: relations with Libya are normal
The Libyan ambassador to Lebanon Ali Mahmoud Maria has quoted the Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri as saying that Lebanon sees that "relations with Libya are normal and should be relations of amity and respect." Lebanon-Libya, Politics, 11/3/2000 - Lebanon calls for investigation over Israel 's stealing of its waters
The Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hammoud continued his contacts over the request Lebanon had to the UN to investigate the Israeli theft of al-Wazzani waters, near to the Lebanese borders with occupied Palestine. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/3/2000 - Schroeder promises Barak to exert efforts for releasing the Israeli soldiers in Lebanon
In the fifth station of his Middle East tour, the German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder promised during his visit to Israel on Tuesday to exert all efforts for the release of the three Israeli soldiers and the One Israeli Mossad officer agent held by Hizbullah party in Lebanon. Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 11/2/2000 - Al-Assad confers with Lebanese prime minister
President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday at the Damascus al-Shaab palace met with the Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri. Talks dealt with the "brotherly ties between Syria and Lebanon, the situation in the Middle East, the continued Israeli escalation and aggression in the region as well as the Israeli provocation and threats." Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 11/1/2000 - Hasan Nasrallah: Qatar must be denied hosting Islamic conference organization session Lebanon-Qatar, Politics, 10/31/2000