Lebanon’s President Aoun ‘surprised’ by PM-designate comments on government formation

  • Date: 22-Mar-2021
  • Source: Al Arabiya
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Lebanon
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Lebanon’s President Aoun ‘surprised’ by PM-designate comments on government formation

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun was "surprised“ by comments made by Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri, a presidency spokesman said on Monday, denying that Aoun had insisted on a blocking majority in a new government.

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"Any comments by the prime minister designate that it is not up to the president to form (a cabinet) ... are unacceptable,“ the spokesman said, after a meeting between the two leaders failed to break months of political deadlock.

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