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Capitals – Agencies:
A source close to Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adeeb quoted him yesterday as saying that he does not want to deviate from the task of forming a government of technocrats or a government of specialists, while efforts to form the new government are still stalled. France is pressuring Lebanese politicians to form a new government and initiate reforms to lift the country out of a severe financial and economic crisis. But a deadline agreed to with Paris on Tuesday passed without progress. Political sources say Adeeb is working on proposals to change control of the ministries, many of which have been assigned to the same factions over the years. The source claimed that Adeeb said that if a government of specialists could not be formed to implement reforms, a different approach would have to be taken. But he added: “This does not correspond to the mission for which he was assigned.” On the other hand, the United States Department of the Treasury announced on its website that it had “imposed sanctions on two companies in Lebanon, namely” Arch Consulting for Engineering Studies and Consulting “and” Mimar Engineering and Contracting “, and a of the people called Sultan Khalifa Asaad, because of his ties to Hezbollah. It also imposed sanctions on “two entities linked to Iranian intelligence.” For its part, Hezbollah yesterday accused the US administration of obstructing efforts to form the new government, which France is pressuring Lebanese politicians to form to initiate urgent reforms. Hezbollah’s Parliamentary Bloc said it emphasized the importance of the French initiative in Lebanon, but added that the US administration “is responsible for obstructing efforts to form a government.” In a statement, the Resistance Bloc indicated that it still sees an opportunity to agree on a government, saying that it “still sees the opportunity available to restore what has been devastated by those in the shadows who are in the process of forming the new government. .».
