Michel Suleiman - Lebanon's recently elected President, Michel Suleiman (L) walks with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad during the Mediterranean Summit in Paris on July 13, 2008. Sixty-four years after independence from French rule both Syria and Lebanon have agreed to exchange diplomatic missions. Forty-three nations from the Mediterranean, including Israel and Arab States, are attending a summit; one of the major topics being discussed is to create a zone free of weapons of mass destruction among countries in the Mediterranean. (UPI Photo/Dalati & Nohra)
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Countries attending the Paris Summit are working to have a weapon of mass destruction free zone
Lebanon's recently elected President, Michel Suleiman (L) walks with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad during the Mediterranean Summit in Paris on July 13, 2008. Sixty-four years after independence from French rule both Syria and Lebanon have agreed to exchange diplomatic missions. Forty-three nations from the Mediterranean, including Israel and Arab States, are attending a summit; one of the major topics being discussed is to create a zone free of weapons of mass destruction among countries in the Mediterranean.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Lebanese officials say they are ready to again exchange ambassadors with Syria, signaling an end to years of icy relations.
PARIS, July 13 (UPI) -- Syria and Lebanon will resume diplomatic relations, which were suspended in 2005, French President Nicholas Sarkozy announced Saturday.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 5 (UPI) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora is set to announce a new Cabinet now that all political obstacles have been overcome, sources say.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 9 (UPI) -- Hezbollah leaders reportedly told French President Nicolas Sarkozy the terrorist organization would consider a diplomatic answer to the Shaba Farms dispute.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 7 (UPI) -- Feuding Lebanese factions should work quickly to implement a peace agreement hammered out last month, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 30 (UPI) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman is stressing in meetings with military and political leaders that the nation cannot survive without unity.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 27 (UPI) -- The leader of Hezbollah said the militant group has no plans to take over Lebanon now that a new president has been installed.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 25 (UPI) -- Celebratory gunfire rang out in Beirut Sunday after Lebanon's Parliament elected Gen. Michel Suleiman the nation's 12th president.
DOHA, Qatar, May 21 (UPI) -- Lebanese opposition movements and the Western-backed government declared a deal Wednesday in Qatar to end the 18-month political conflict and elect a president.