Beirut – Lebanon’s new Prime Minister formed the first full government in the country from 2022. Years.
President Joseph Aoun He announced in a statement that he accepted the resignation of the former Government of the Custodian and signed the Regulation with the New Prime Minister Nawaf Salam Forming a new government.
Salam promised to “restore trust between citizens and the state, between Lebanon and its Arabic environment and between Lebanon and the international community “and the implementation of the reforms needed to bring the country from an extended economic crisis.
“Reform is the only way to the true salvation,” he said in a speech on Saturday.
He also promised to continue the implementation of the Fire Fire Agreement between Israel and the Lebanese National Group and the Political Party of Hezbollah at the end of November and ensure that Israeli forces “withdraw from Lebanese territories to the last inch”. He promised to provide renovation in areas suffered during the war.
Salam’s cabinet of 24 ministers, divided evenly between Christian and Muslim sects, is formed less than a month after it is set, and comes at the time where Lebanon is twitching to rebuild their boundaries.
Lebanon is still in crowded criminals Economic crisisNow in the sixth year, which bound their banks, destroyed its state electricity sector and left many in poverty incapable of accessing savings.
Salam, diplomat and former President of the International Court of Justice, vowed the reform of Lebanon’s judiciary and a beaten economy and led to the stability to the problem country, which faced numerous economic, political and security crises.
The new government signifies a shift from Hezbollah
Although Hezbollah did not support salami as the Prime Minister, the Lebanese group dealt with negotiations with the new Prime Minister of Shit Muslim places in the government, by own electricity sharing system.
It was in spite of the comments of mining Morgan Ortagus who said in the speech in Beirut on Friday that Washington had “a set Clean the red lines From the United States “that Hezbollah would not be” part of the Government. “The comments drew a return punch of many in Lebanon who saw them as interior in the internal Lebanese jobs.
Lebanon’s new authorities also indicate a shift from the leaders who are near Hezbollah, because Beirut hopes to improve the ties with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations that are worried by Hezbollah’s growing political and military force in the past decade.
At the beginning of January, the former head of the AOUN army was elected president, which ends with the vacuum of that position. He was also a candidate who did not support Hezbollah and the key allies.
Aoun shared similar feelings in the salami, who also promises to consolidate the right of the state to “monopolize weapons wear,” in an apparent reference to Hezbollah.
The conflicts on the eastern border continue
Although the formation of the Government seemed to be a sign of hope for the future stability of the country, Lebanon still faces a tense security situation on several fronts.
The conflicts erupted on the eastern border with Syria this week between Lebanese clans and the security forces of the new Syrian government, which are largely composed of former members of the Islamist Militant Group Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham.
The porous limit is a long duration of human, weapons and drug smuggling. Syrian officials said the security forces were shot at the gang smuggling.
The Lebanese military said on Saturday that several Lebanese areas “exposed to shelling and shooting” from Syria and that it gave orders to the border area to “respond to the Syrian territory”.
Extended Fire Interruption Agreement
Six people were killed separately, and two were injured in the Israeli stroke of drone on Saturday in the Janat area, near the eastern border with Syria, Lebanon’s state national news agency reported.
The Israeli Army said in a statement that it hit “Hezbollah operatives” who worked in the strategic production and weapon weapon “belonging to the militant group.
Israel continued to launch closely strikes to what writes that Hezbollah are facilities in Lebanon since the implementation of the trafficking agreements. The agreement envisions that Israel and Lebanon maintain the right to act in “self-defense”, but do not define what qualifies as self-defense.
The original period of 60 days for the implementation of the terms of the break-up agreement expired at the end of January, but Lebanon and Israel agreed to extend him by 18. February.
2025-02-08 20:52:00
