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Lebanon's president pledges unified foreign policy

Xinhua, November 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun pledged Friday that he will seek to "unite the Lebanese over a unified foreign policy," claiming the priority as approving a new electoral law to hold the parliamentary polls on time.

Aoun made the remarks receiving a delegation from the International Support Group for Lebanon (ISG) that included the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag and the ambassadors of the Arab League, China, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Britain and the United States, according to a statement by the presidential media office.

"All components of the Lebanese people have agreed on endorsing the oath of office, which the president will commit himself to its implementation during his presidential tenure," Aoun added.

He stressed the implementation of the laws as the "only criterion that will govern the state's course," assuring that "political stability will be boosted through respecting the National Pact, the constitution, the laws and national partnership."

Aoun was elected president on Monday ending two and a half years of presidential vacuum.

In addition to pledges of economic growth and security, Aoun also said in his oath of office that Lebanon must work to ensure Syrian refugees to "return quickly" to their country. Endit