Statement on Ambassador Connelly’s Travel to Zahle.
On January 16, Ambassador Connelly visited Zahle and met with MP Nicolas Fattouch at his residence. The meeting was a chance to follow up on to their December 2010 meeting during the Ambassador’s last trip to Zahle. They discussed the current developments in Lebanon and how the people of the Beqaa where reacting to the situation at present in Lebanon.
Ambassador Connelly also stressed that the U.S. continues to urge all parties in Lebanon to remain calm and to participate in constructive dialogue to find solutions to Lebanon's problems. In the interim, the U.S. remains committed to working with PM Hariri's caretaker government in all areas of our bilateral cooperation and assistance. Ambassador Connelly also reiterated that the U.S. also continues to support the Special Tribunal for Lebanon as the Lebanese people's best hope for putting its tragic and bloody history of political violence behind it.
Ambassador Connelly also stressed that the U.S. continues to urge all parties in Lebanon to remain calm and to participate in constructive dialogue to find solutions to Lebanon's problems. In the interim, the U.S. remains committed to working with PM Hariri's caretaker government in all areas of our bilateral cooperation and assistance. Ambassador Connelly also reiterated that the U.S. also continues to support the Special Tribunal for Lebanon as the Lebanese people's best hope for putting its tragic and bloody history of political violence behind it.
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