Mansour Makes Changes in Posts of 83 Diplomats

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Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour has made changes in the positions of 83 third rank diplomats and vowed to make more modifications in other posts.

Mansour’s decision on Tuesday included bringing back 13 diplomats from missions abroad into the foreign ministry in Beirut. It also gave 52 diplomats posts in Lebanese missions in different countries in the world.

The remaining 18 diplomats were transferred from one mission to another.

Mansour told reporters at Bustros Palace that he would make new decisions soon to transfer counselors at general consulates and replace them with diplomats from the ranks of secretary.

He also promised to improve the ranks of several diplomats, including the appointment of 34 new ambassadors to vacant positions.

The new move came as a source close to President Michel Suleiman said officials should abide by the rules in the appointments of civil servants.

Suleiman “holds onto a mechanism adopted by the cabinet on the issue of appointments,” he said, stressing that any appointment outside this mechanism won’t have any chance of government approval.

The source was referring to alleged attempts by ministers loyal to Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun to impose candidates, not abiding by the cabinet’s decision.

A government crisis erupted last Wednesday after Suleiman suspended sessions at Miqati’s request following a bickering with Aoun’s ministers on the names of candidates for the post of the Higher Disciplinary Council, which is linked to the premier’s office.

Comments 5
Default-user-icon trueself (Guest) 08 February 2012, 09:40

It's like we are witnessing the same things that were happening in Lebanon prior to the Syrian withdrawal: dictation from them to our politicians to do what they want! This mansoour guy is a gadget in the hands of the Syrian and is making all these deplomatic changes at a time when the Arabs are deporting all Syrian deplomats from their countries. Syria is hoping that it would be able to remain on the scene thru the lebanon who are puppets in its hands. I think the Arabs should recognize that lebanon is a Syrian colony and hence should deport its deplomats until the regime in Syria is toppled.

Thumb jabalamel 08 February 2012, 14:37

the filthy zionist media terrorists are not happy because lebanon will have more patriotic and efficient foreign policy.

Thumb jabalamel 08 February 2012, 18:37

the filthy zionist media terrorist is not happy because of our good relations with syria and iran

Missing peace 09 February 2012, 00:55

jabalahbal has spoken

Thumb jabalamel 09 February 2012, 06:12

the filthy zionist media terrorist calling himself peace, has been given special assigment: to accuse me of being zionist after every post i make