The International Support Group for Lebanon (ISGL) called on Lebanon's leaders to work intensively to ensure the election of a new president without delay, while highlighting the need for the current government to remain functional.

In a statement issued Monday on behalf of the ISGL following deliberations, U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly said that the gathering regretted the failure of the Lebanese Parliament to elect a president within the timeframe set by the constitution.

After the term of the current Parliament was extended for 17 months in May last year, parliamentary elections are ideally scheduled to be held in November.

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