Saad Hariri: No progress made on forming new Lebanese government

Saad Hariri: No progress made on forming new Lebanese government

BEIRUT: Lebanon's prime minister-designate Saad Hariri said on Friday that no progress had been made in talks to form a new government, after months of political wrangling. Hariri dined this week with French President Emmanuel Macron, whose efforts have so far failed to rally Lebanese leaders to come together to tackle their country's unprecedented financial crisis. "There is no progress in forming the government," Hariri told reporters after his first meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun in weeks. ATHENS: Respecting international law and national sovereignty, and pursuing peaceful resolutions to disputes, are the recipe for regional security and stability, the foreign ministers of Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE and France said on Thursday at the Philia Forum in Athens. "Our countries are connected by close relations, which come from the past and meet in everything we believe today, in international law and in the law of the sea, in peace, in good neighborly relations, as well as in stability," said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. "It is for this reason that our initiative is open to all, without turning against anyone, transcending the borders of the states that constitute it, uniting three continents and connecting Europe with