| U.N. envoy says Lebanon facing critical test |
U.N. Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen said Sunday that Lebanon faces a critical test in the coming days that will determine whether the country emerges as a strong democracy or finds itself plunged back into violence.
"There is a golden opportunity for Lebanon to solidify its democracy, to assert it authority, to produce a situation where Lebanon can be reconstructed and where Lebanese can live peacefully with its neighbors in prosperity," Roed-Larsen told reporters. "All this is at hand."
But despite the "huge potential upside," Lebanon and the region also face a danger, he said.
"We're at the tilting edge still, and this can easily start sliding again and lead us quickly into the abyss of violence and bloodshed," Roed-Larsen said. "This is why diplomacy is so important."
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