Aoun Receives Congratulatory Cables from Hollande and Others

French President Francois Hollande said that the election of General Michel Aoun as head of the Lebanese republic was a “historic event for the friends of Lebanon,” adding that this election constitutes a guarantee for the hopes of the Lebanese people.

“Lebanon can still be a model of the Middle East,” Hollande said in a congratulatory letter he sent to Aoun.

“A new page is opened for Lebanon with your election, which today needs more than any time before, strong institutions to face challenges resulting from the regional situation, whether from the terrorist threat or from the humanitarian crisis it is facing due to the war in Syria,” he added, hoping a national unity government would be formed in the nearest time possible.

Moreover, Aoun received similar cables from Queen Elizabeth of England, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Senegalese President Macky Sall, Cuban Prime Minister Raoul Castro, Kuwaiti Crown Prince Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa Bin Salman al-Khalifa.