Lebanon's Ambassador to Syria
Michel Khoury will be referred to retirement at the end of December, which will
prompt a vacancy in the post, reported the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat on
Sunday.
It said that Speaker Nabih Berri's
daughter, Farah, may be appointed as his replacement.
Diplomatic and legal complications
however stand in the way of her appointment.
The daily explained that certain
promotions by caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour in Farah Berri's favor
need to be made.
Moreover, Khoury's replacement needs
to approved by the entire government, it added.
The current state of affairs in
Lebanon however are thwarting such measures.
Mansour is expected however to soon
announce the promotion of 55 diplomats from category three to category two
employees.
Farah Berri is currently a category three administrative employee. NaharNet
Zaman Alwasl
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