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Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, file
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said the path to the formation of a new Lebanese government is completely blocked, but hopes that French President Emmanuel Macron can provide assistance on his next visit.
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Berri said in a statement to the Lebanese daily Al-Jumhuriya on Tuesday: “We entered the tunnel and I don’t know how we will get out of it. We have become a deplorable state and the government situation is completely blocked.
He continued: “Why this blockade? Certainly the answer lies with the President of the Republic and the President-designate, and God willing, French President Emmanuel Macron can do something on his next visit, and we just have to wait.”
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and President Michel Aoun revealed their differences over the formation of the government in two statements on Monday, in which they exchanged accusations of obstructing the formation of a new government.
Macron is scheduled to visit Lebanon later this month on his third visit since the Beirut port bombing, which has exacerbated the country’s economic crisis.
After the explosion, Macron led efforts to get Lebanese leaders to agree to form a new government that could implement reforms that would allow the return of international aid to Lebanon.
Source: Reuters + Lebanese newspaper, Al-Jumhuriya
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