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Petraeus commends Lebanon's improvement since last visit

www.dailystar.com
Posted on Wednesday July 1, 2009

US general praises development, hopes for swift cabinet formation

Visiting United States Central Command head General David Petraeus said on Monday he hoped for a swift formation of a new Cabinet in Lebanon and underlined “significant improvement” on the Lebanese domestic front since his visit last year. Following talks with President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister-delegate Saad Hariri, Petraeus announced the US commitment to provide Lebanon with military and humanitarian aid.

The US general also congratulated Sleiman for the country’s peaceful parliamentary elections on June 7, adding that the world had seen the Lebanese people exercise their right to vote through a just and legitimate process.

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