Lebanon PM says new cabinet faces ‘catastrophe’

  • Date: 22-Jan-2020
  • Source: Arab News
  • Sector:Technology
  • Country:Lebanon
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Lebanon PM says new cabinet faces ‘catastrophe’

Members of the new Lebanese government pose for a picture at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon Jan. 22, 2020.. "Today we are in a financial, economic and social dead end," he said in remarks read by a government official after the new cabinet's inaugural meeting in Beirut.. But French President Emmanuel Macron, one of the first leaders to react to the formation of the new government, said he would "do everything, during this deep crisis that they are going through, to help.". UN chief will work with new Lebanon government on reforms /node/1616506/middle-east. BEIRUT: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed the formation of a new Lebanese government on Tuesday and will work with the new premier to support reforms in the heavily indebted country grappling with an urgent economic crisis.. A statement issued by Guterres' spokesperson also said the United Nations was committed to supporting "Lebanon's strengthening of its sovereignty, stability and political independence.". Lebanon formed a new government under Prime Minister Hassan Diab after the Shiite Hezbollah movement and its allies agreed on a cabinet after weeks of wrangling over portfolios..