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Williams to Aoun, Hizbullah: Challenges Can’t be Met Without Active Cabinet

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams said Wednesday that “challenges cannot be met without an active government particularly at a time of dramatic and rapid changes in the Arab region.”

After holding talks with FPM leader Michel Aoun in Rabiyeh, Williams said: “I reiterated my belief that the formation of a new government in Lebanon is needed as soon as possible to address the many challenges that the Lebanese people face.”

“I was pleased that Gen. Aoun is positive that there can be progress in the formation of a government soon,” he told reporters.

On the situation in the Arab world, Williams said that he “underlined the importance of dialogue, of avoiding violence and of respecting human rights in all countries in the region.”

Williams later met with caretaker Minister of State for Administrative Reform Mohammad Fneish, who is part of Hizbullah’s share in the cabinet.

“I think the minister was cautiously optimistic that we would see a government soon in Lebanon and that is certainly something that I and the United Nations support very strongly. I think the sooner the government is formed the better,” he said.


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