A high-ranking Hezbollah official says the Lebanese resistance movement will not accept a new president who would capitulate to the US and the Israeli regime, emphasizing that the new head of state must have the capability to rescue the Arab country from the protracted financial crisis.
“We have repeatedly stated that we want to elect a president as soon as possible, but the processes require a two-thirds quorum in the parliament," Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem said at a ceremony in the Lebanese capital city of Beirut.
"Neither can we solely garner the two-thirds majority nor does any party have such a capacity by itself."
He pointed out that none of the parliamentary blocs can elect a president without a national consensus, adding that some parties accuse Hezbollah of obstructing the presidential election in order to hide their own failures to elect a new head of state.......more below
Ghana is interested in purchasing a floating nuclear power plant from Russia, Ghanaian Ambassador to Russian Koma Steem Jehu-Appiah told Sputnik.
"I know that our minister of energy was here last year and signed a corresponding agreement. I think this is innovative, and in a conversation with the minister of energy, he said that the country is interested.
So, Ghana could purchase such a nuclear power plant," the diplomat said when asked about the possibility of Ghana purchasing a floating nuclear power plant.
Russia and Ghana began cooperation in the field of nuclear energy after signing an intergovernmental agreement in 2015.
The agreement outlined plans for joint work in the areas of training specialists, building nuclear power plants and related infrastructure, and providing maintenance services. In October 2023, representatives of Rosatom met with the Ghanaian Ministry of Energy in Cape Town. At the meeting, Russia proposed using floating nuclear power plants to supply power to ...