Williams Tells Berri that Cabinet Should Represent Interests of All Lebanese

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams stressed to Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday the need for the formation of a cabinet that has “the broadest possible base.”

“I underlined with the speaker the need for the new government to have the broadest possible base and to represent the interests of all Lebanese,” Williams said after meeting Berri in Ain el-Tineh.

“I expressed my hope to the speaker that a new government will be formed soon in Lebanon, and I wished the Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati all good luck in that endeavor,” he said.

He said the U.N. expects the Miqati government to abide by all of Lebanon’s international obligations.

Williams added that Berri raised with him again the question of Lebanon’s maritime borders and expressed hope that the U.N. would react positively to requests for assistance in that regard.

“I expressed my wish to see the U.N. playing as positive a role as possible,” he said.