Lebanon announces unity cabinet
2008 July 11
Just seven weeks after terrible sectarian violence erupted in Lebanon, the worst since civil war broke out in 1990, Lebanon has established a 30-member national unity government. The designated Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora commented, “The government of national unity is the government of all the Lebanese…Our differences will not be resolved overnight, but we have decided to resolve them through institutions and dialogue rather than in the streets.”
Lebanon’s breakthrough – largely a product of negotiations in Doha – emphasizes Qatar’s success as the Middle East’s new mediator. Read more here at The New York Times about why some are calling the Qatari emir a “modern-day Metternich.”
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