| 02/06/2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy will visit Lebanon on Saturday to meet his newly elected counterpart Michel Suleiman and French UN peacekeeping troops, a Lebanese government official said.
The official said on Monday that Sarkozy will meet Suleiman as well as Prime Minister Designate Fouad Saniora and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.
He will then head to southern Lebanon to meet the French contingent of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and is also due to meet members of the French community in Lebanon.
Sarkozy will be the first Western head of state to meet Suleiman since the former army chief was elected as Lebanese president on May 25. | 
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