Mikati, two pro-Aoun ministers attend Arab summit in Algeria

Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati will attend today, Tuesday, the 31st Arab League summit in Algeria, as the region battles to find common ground over a series of divisive issues.

Caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayyad -- both from former President Michel Aoun and the Free Patriotic Movement's camp -- accompanied Mikati to Algeria.

Bou Habib will attend the summit in a Lebanese delegation that also includes head of the Arab affairs department in the Foreign Ministry Ali al-Mawla, Lebanese Ambassador to Algeria Mohammed Hassan and Mikati's diplomatic advisor Boutros Asaker.

As for Fayyad, the minister will hold talks with Algerian senior officials over energy cooperation between the two countries.

Mikati met in Algeria with Arab League chief Ahmed Abul Gheit, who expressed the Arab League's support for Lebanon.

"A prolonged presidential vacuum can have negative repercussions on Lebanon, amid the country's current challenges" Abul Gheit said, as he urged the Lebanese government for reforms and for a consensus that would break the presidential deadlock.