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Additional aid from the Netherlands to the Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Xinhua, October 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

Ambassador of the Netherlands to Lebanon announced Friday that her country has "allocated an additional 86 million Euros assistance to Lebanon, and most of it will go to municipalities and displaced people," the National News Agency (NNA) reported.

According to the NNA, Hester Somsen made her remarks after meeting with Minister of Interior Nouhad Mashnouq.

"We looked into the repercussions of the Syrian refugee crisis on Lebanon," Somsen said.

She added "we agreed on the need to hold the presidential elections as soon as possible, because many financial and political problems can be resolved," she said, wishing the parliamentary elections will be held on schedule next May.

Machnouk, for his part, said that "the election of a new President of the Republic would strengthen stability and promote the Lebanese sense of security and reassurance."

Lebanon has been without a president since the six-year term of former President Michel Suleiman ended in May 2014, and the boycott of Hezbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement MPs hindered the constitutionally required quorum for the parliament to convene in an electoral session. Endit