Lebanon faced ongoing insecurity amid regional tensions and weak international cooperation

PNP DeskSeptember 20, 2023September 16, 202404 mins

Mohammad Najib Azmi Mikati argued that one of the primary challenges facing Lebanon was filling the presidential vacancy, along with instituting reforms needed to achieve economic recovery, ease the financial crisis, and promote institutional and political stability in the country. He expressed hope that the Lebanese Parliament would elect a president the Lebanese people could…

Regional stability still at risk without ‘increased commitment’ to negotiations: UN Kosovo mission chief

PNP DeskApril 27, 2023September 12, 202404 mins

UN Special Representative and head of the UN Interim Administration Mission, Caroline Ziadeh, told ambassadors that the most recent Secretary-General’s report on developments in Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008 but is not recognized by Serbia, “included serious challenges as well as an important collective effort to bring Belgrade-Pristina relations nearer to stability and normalisation.”…