BEIRUT, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Christian opposition leader Gen.
Michel Aoun said the ruling coalition lost an opportunity to solve
Lebanese-Syrian crises by boycotting the Arab summit in Damascus, local Naharnet
news website reported.
Aoun, also head of majority Christian MPs bloc in Lebanon, slammed Premier
Fouad Seniora's government for leading Lebanon to the worst, saying that the
government's decision to boycott the March 29-30 Arab summit in Damascus is
"wrong."
Aoun also slammed the U.S. policy on Lebanon, saying "the U.S. policy is
against Lebanon, this is my conviction out of my experiences," he said during an
interview with Lebanese OTV station Wednesday night.
He said the U.S. is trying to isolate one third of the Lebanese people
which is represented by Hezbollah, adding that his party is being blamed for
reaching an understanding with Hezbollah.
"I can not understand the logic of the U.S. policy in Lebanon and neither
that of the Lebanese government who are refusing to give the opposition
partnership," Aoun said.
Lebanon is currently facing the most serious political deadlock since the
end of the 1975-1990 civil war. For the first time in its history, the
presidential seat has been vacant since Nov. 24 of 2007 when former President
Emile Lahoud stepped down.
Lebanese rival groups remain unable to reach an agreement to elect a new
president despite Arab efforts to resolve the problem.
An Arab initiative endorsed in Cairo on Jan. 6 calls for election of army
commander Michel Suleiman as president, formation of a national unity
government, and adoption of a new election law.