Beirut - Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa Wednesday
said the Arab League mission he was heading to solve the Lebanese
political crisis, was facing 'obstacles.'
'There are obstacles but the solution is not impossible,' Mussa
said after meeting with pro-Syrian Lebanese President Emile Lahoud.
Mussa was scheduled to meet Wednesday with Lebanese army commander
Michel Suleiman and representatives of the Lebanese Shiite movement
Hezbollah, who are heading the Lebanese opposition against the
western-backed government of Premier Foaud Seniora.
Tensions remain high in Lebanon, which has witnessed a series of
deadly bombings and assassinations, a continuing political vacuum and
fierce clashes between the army and Islamist militants in the north.
Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo on Saturday decided to
send a delegation to Beirut to try to solve the impasse among the
Lebanese leaders and return them to dialogue.
Lebanon's ruling coalition accuses Syria of being behind
political assassinations in Lebanon. It also accuses Syrian
intelligence services of backing militants from Fatah al-Islam, who
had been battling the army at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern
Lebanon since May 20.
The Arab delegation, includes officials from Egypt, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia and Tunisia.
Mussa said upon his arrival to Beirut airport on Tuesday said that
'the circumstances are difficult and dangerous winds are blowing on
Lebanon, but we think that the Lebanese will eventually come to an
agreement.'
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