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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Beirut - Caroline Akoum

Western, Regional Ambassadors Pressure Lebanon to Elect New President

A handout picture provided by the Lebanese parliament website shows Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (3rd-L) posing for a group photo with ambassadors and representatives of Egypt (L), France (2nd-L), the United States (3rd-R), Saudi Arabia, and Qatar at the parliament headquarters in the capital Beirut on February 13, 2023. (Lebanese parliament/AFP)

Western and regional powers have warned they will reconsider “all ties” with Lebanon if parliament fails to elect a president amid a worsening financial crisis, the prime minister's office said Monday.

Support for Lebanon will begin after the election of a new head of state and the implementation of reforms, said the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, the United States and France.

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