March 26, 2008

Lebanonwire

Lebanon Press Highlights

Cabinet boycotts summit in protest to Syrian meddling and Iranian encroachment

Siniora: I waited for one week for a positive sign from Damascus, but it did not come

Lebanon asserts before Security Council the importance of electing president quickly

Arab summit sessions will be closed on start

Bashir to attend, Egypt might be represented by Abul Gheit and Jordan is undecided

Washington: Tribunal in April and the names of judges will be announced shortly

Says opposition has covered lots of ground in its re-organization process

Geagea: Dialogue must take place in Baabda Palace

Muslim-Christian meet in Sidon asserts 'brotherhood and peaceful coexistence'

Deterioration in Saudi-Syrian relations thwarted all hopes to elect Suleimna shortly - Khalil Fleihan

Hoss: Berri's call for dialogue came late, and repairing government would delay crisis for good

Cabinet decides to boycott summit, says respecting other countries' sovereignty is required

Al-Saad: Lebanon will pay the price of summit failure in explosions

As-Safir

Summit agenda to be discussed tomorrow at Arab foreign ministers meet

Lebanon decides not to attend summit, and the summit presidency will submit its crisis for discussion

Syria might consider Saudi Arabia absent

Cabinet decides not to participate in summit and the preceding meetings

Says decision does not mean severing relations with Syria but an affirmation of Lebanon's independence and sovereignty

Paris takes note of 17th postponement, admits to the impossibility of isolating the Lebanese file - Mohammad Ballout

Lebanon on the 'demarcation line' in the 'Arab cold war' - Khodr Taleb

Bezzi: Parliament won't open for a constitutionally fallen government

March 14 to announce its memo to summit tomorrow

Hezbollah: Resistance is stronger than it was in July 2006

Geagea: No dialogue under pressure and under Syrian conditions

Yakan: American administration is working on undermining Arab summit

Al-Mustaqbal

Lebanon boycotts summit in Damascus

Affirms importance of attendance by the only Arab Christian president

Jordan, after Saudi Arabia and Egypt might have low-level representation in summit

Moussa: Lebanon file will be discussed whether it attends or not

Syria daily Al-Watan refers to fears of a large scale security operation in Lebanon!

Al-Balad

Al-Akhbar

Lebanon boycotts summit and its crisis

Arab peace initiative might be amended

Committee to improve Arab-Arab relations under consideration

Lebanon clause vacant

After summit: Maximum escalation or a renewed Arab initiative - Nicholas Nassif

Aoun's visit to Bkerki possible shortly - Jean Aziz