European Union Ambassador to Lebanon Angelina Eichhorst has expressed regret that she will leave Lebanon at the end of her mission amid a continued vacuum at the presidential palace in Baabda.

In remarks to An Nahar daily published on Friday, the diplomat said: “I regret that I will leave Beirut in this situation, without knowing when a president will be elected.”

Baabda has been vacant since President Michel Suleiman’s six-year term ended in May last year.

“You need to move forward,” she told the Lebanese, adding that the government would be able to function properly after the election of a new president no matter who leads it.

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