Salam to Head Lebanese Delegation to U.N. General Assembly

Prime Minister Tammam Salam is expected to head the Lebanese delegation to the U.N. General Assembly in New York if the political arch-foes failed to elect a new president by the time of the meeting, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Friday.

According to the daily, the delegation will be comprised of various ministers that represent different parties.

An Nahar newspaper reported that Salam will head a small delegation that will include Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil and a limited number of advisers.

The 69th session of the U.N. General Assembly will kick off on September 16 and the general debate will open on September 24.

Lebanon plunged in a vacuum on May 25 when President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ended with MPs unable to find a successor over differences on a compromise candidate.

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