Germany's President Horst Koehler congratulated Michel Suleiman on Sunday on his election as Lebanon's new president, saying the appointment was "an encouraging step to overcoming the internal crisis" in Lebanon, according to DPA. He said Germany would help Lebanon as much as it could. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, "I hope that a new government can be formed soon under President Suleiman and that the political stalemate and instability in Lebanon can be permanently overcome."
