Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday, in the process to bring the country closer to the rebuilding fund after abnormal American intervention and a step in a step after the disastrous war between Israel and Hizbullah.
Talking to reporters at the President’s Mahal, the new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said that the 24-member cabinet will be seen as a foundation stone for stability on the Lebanese border with Israel, financial reforms, reconstruction and implementation of United Nations resolution.
The announcement came in Lebanon after a conversation of more than three weeks with rival political parties – where government posts are parked according to the sect – and after the deadlock on Shia Muslim ministers, usually Iran -backed Hizbullah and his power Is nominated by ‘. This colleague is implemented.
But Washington has pushed back against Hizbullah’s dominance in any new government.
US Deputy Middle East Envoy Morgan Ortagas said on Friday that the US considered Hizbullah’s participation in the new cabinet as a “red line” and in a controversial statement that provokes protests in Lebanon, Israel to Israel to deal with a devastating blasts. Thank you.
Eventually, Hizbullah’s associate Amal – under the leadership of Nabih Berry, Speaker of Parliament – was allowed to choose four members of the new cabinet, including Finance Minister Yasin Jaber, and the fifth was approved.
It prevents Hizbullah and his colleagues from “blocking the third” in the government, where two-thirds of votes are required to pass certain decisions.
The US embassy in Lebanon welcomed the cabinet announcement, saying it is expected that it would rebuild the state institutions of Lebanon and implement the necessary reforms.
Key to improvement
The Christian Lebanese Forces Party, which fiercely opposed Hizbullah and has not been part of the cabinet in more than five years, also chose four ministers, including External Affairs Minister Joseph Raji and Energy Minister Joseph Saddi.
Salaam said he hopes that the politically diverse cabinet will “work in harmony”.
“The government will try to restore confidence between citizens and the state, between Lebanon and its Arab surroundings and between Lebanon and the international community,” he said.
Lebanon has been given a tough competition in the last half decades due to a financial collapse, which has spoiled the large part of the population, a catastrophic explosion at the Beirut port and destroying the health of the country between Israel and Hizbullah. More than war.
Creating a cabinet was seen as an essential step for reforms that could open the door for a financing scheme under the International Monetary Fund and get support from major Gulf countries to help reconstruct the destroyed areas Can
The United Nations said that the formation of the government is “a new and bright chapter for Lebanon”, and that it expects to work with the new cabinet on reforms and implement the United Nations Security Council proposal 1701, which Lebanon In the armed groups asks to cancel – seen as one. Reference to Hizbullah.
Salaam said that on Saturday the new cabinet would prioritize implementing that resolution, as well as the final year of conflict between Hizbullah and Israel along with the ceasefire deal.
The deal suggests that Israeli soldiers should leave the southern Lebanon, Hizbullah should take out his fighters and weapons and deploy the Lebanese army to the area by 18 February.
The cabinet is now accused of drafting a policy statement – a broad outline of the upcoming government’s attitude and priorities – and then the Lebanon’s Parliament will require a vote of confidence to be fully empowered by the Parliament of Lebanon.
Lebanese President Joseph Aun, who enjoyed supporting us as the commander of the army, was elected as President on 9 January and nominated Salaam to nominate for a new government days. Salaam was serving as the head of the International Court of Justice.
Salaam’s enrollment was the latest sign of a dramatic change in power balance in Lebanon, after Hizbullah’s heavy explosion, Hizbullah’s Syrian colleague Bashar al-Asad and Aon’s election exit in December last month.
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