Feltman Arrives Wednesday in Beirut to Meet Senior Officials

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, who will arrive in Beirut on a two-day visit on Wednesday, is expected to hold talks with senior Lebanese officials over matters concerning the security and political situation in the country.

“Feltman will focus (in his talks) on the security and political situation in Lebanon and the regional situation especially in Syria,” a U.S. diplomatic source told As Safir newspaper on Tuesday.

The source noted that Feltman’s visit was scheduled weeks ago and it isn’t related to the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri.

Last week, Prime Minister Miqati announced that he had transferred Lebanon's share of funds for the STL.

The diplomat said Feltman will stress during his visit the importance of Lebanon’s commitment to U.N. Security Council resolutions 1701 that ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah. The resolution says in reference to Hizbullah that no armed forces other than UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces shall be south of the Litani River.

He will also urge the implementation of Resolution 1559 that calls upon the all Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias to disband.

Feltman is expected to hold meetings with President Michel Suleiman, PM Miqati and Speaker Nabih Berri, according to As Safir.

The newspaper said the top diplomat will also meet separately with Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat and the March 14-led opposition leaders.

Comments 4
Missing allouchi over 12 years

Mr. Feltman is an honest man and he's always welcome in Beirut. M8 fears the truth and they always attack it.

Thumb chrisrushlau over 12 years

I love the photograph of Mr. Feltman. He'd just like to point out one or two things.

Missing peace over 12 years

to those M8 frustrated guys: remember when your friend aoun said that there were no shame in asking the help of the USA? he even said that in the US Senate!
and now you are allied to a former sionist then!the very same one who begged the USA to help implement sanctions against syria and do something against the terrorist hezbollah!
aren t you ashamed to be allied with that man who asked for the destruction of hezbollah and sanctions against syria?

i guess aoun had the right to do that and you label him as a patriot, but others who are doing the same thing are labeled as traitors....
how funny you are and how pitiful you are... double standards as usual...

Default-user-icon Vido Pinny (Guest) over 12 years

Just as the highly intellectual allouchi said, Mr. (notice the respect that intellectuals have for each other!!!) Feltman is an honest man. He is so honest that he said that cheikh Saad is an immature person with a very short attention span and unreliable. Simply out, he is saying that cheikh Saad is an idiot, exactly the type of people honest people like to use, pump up and abuse. Honesty, is such a lonely word, and mostly what I need from you, MISTER FELTMAN.