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President Michel Aoun on Sunday noted that the solution for the country's governmental paralysis is "not implausible."
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Al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri on Sunday lamented that Lebanon is nowadays “standing on the brink of hell” after it once was “the paradise of the Levant and the Arabs’ forum for civilization, dialogue, culture and democracy.”
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Hizbullah central council member Sheikh Nabil Qaouq on Saturday noted that there is a “real chance” to resolve the political dispute that led to the suspension of Cabinet sessions.
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Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem on Friday said that his party “backs the resumption of the Lebanese government’s meetings.”
He, however, added that the government should only meet after “addressing the reasons that led to the meetings’ suspension.”
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President Michel Aoun on Friday stressed that he will “continue to work for Lebanon’s rise from the multiple difficulties and tough circumstances that it is going through.”
“I hope the last year of my tenure will witness the beginning of real revival and recovery,” Aoun said.
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Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh on Friday met with Prime Minister Najib Miqati and said he handed him “a report prepared by the BDO, Semaan, Gholam & Co auditing company.”
“The report was prepared at my request and it includes an auditing of my personal bank accounts and the accounts that have been mentioned in the press for the past year and a half and are the subject of judicial investigations,” Salameh said after the meeting.
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Information Minister George Kordahi has stressed that remaining in his post is the “sacrifice,” not his resignation.
Speaking to al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Friday, Kordahi said he is “open to any solutions that would achieve the national interest.”
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Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has called for “differentiating” between the stances of the Lebanese state and Hizbullah, noting that he had “repeatedly” expressed his “opposition to Hizbullah’s stances” during his tenure as foreign minister.
“Holding us the Lebanese responsible for stance of a Lebanese party aggravates the problem… and failing to differentiate between Hizbullah and the FPM is another problem,” Bassil added, in an interview with Kuwait’s al-Qabas newspaper.
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Prime Minister Najib Miqati told President Michel Aoun Friday that he will soon call for a Cabinet session and that things will return to normalcy.
For its part, the Presidency said that Aoun has been briefed by Miqati on the work of the ministerial panels and that "it has been decided to resume Cabinet sessions soon."
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A Progressive Socialist Party delegation led by MP Taymour Jumblat and MP Wael Abu Faour has met with al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri in the United Arab Emirates, al-Jadeed television reported.
PSP sources meanwhile told al-Jadeed that the talks were “comprehensive” and that several topics were discussed.
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