CAIRO, Aug 29 (NNN-MENA) – Arab League (AL) Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit, yesterday called for accelerating efforts to form a Lebanese government that will implement the necessary reforms immediately.
In a statement, Aboul-Gheit stressed that, this step will enable the Arab and international community, to engage effectively in “saving Lebanon.”
Aboul-Gheit noted that, he received the Lebanese Prime Minister-designate, Najib Mikati’s appeal to the AL, to continue supporting Lebanon, wishing Mikati success in forming a new cabinet.
The Arab country has been without a cabinet since Aug 10, 2020, when caretaker Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, resigned, in reaction to the Beirut port’s blasts which killed over 200 people and wounded thousands of others.
Saad Hariri was reappointed as the prime minister on Oct 22, 2020, but he failed to form a new cabinet, given his differences with President Michel Aoun, over ministers.
Lebanon has been going through the worst economic and financial crisis in its history, and the political vacuum during the past year contributed to worsening the country’s multiple woes.– NNN-MENA
