The UN Particular Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, congratulated Joseph Aoun who was on Thursday elected the nation’s President.
In a press release, Hennis-Plasschaert welcomed the event as a long-awaited first step in direction of overcoming Lebanon’s political and institutional vacuum and offering the Lebanese folks with the functioning state establishments they deserve.
“A Prime Minister should be designated and a authorities fashioned directly. The duties forward of the Lebanese State are too monumental to waste any extra time,” she pressured.
“Now could be the second for every decision-maker to place the curiosity of Lebanon above all private or political issues.”
She famous that the election of a president affords renewed hope and a possibility to pave the way in which for progress in direction of consolidating the cessation of hostilities and preserving the nation’s safety and stability, together with by strengthening state authority throughout Lebanon and advancing complete and sustainable reforms.
She stated the UN appears to be like ahead to working with President Aoun and related authorities to assist Lebanon because it takes significant and measurable steps on this course.
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