Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Sunday that his country could not be saved from the current crisis without the support of Arab countries and the international community.
Gulf states have long invested in Lebanon’s weak economy, but fear the growing impact on Hezbollah, a powerful group backed by its rival, Iran , and so far they are showing hatred to alleviate Beirut ‘s worst financial crisis in decades.
“There is no way out of the crisis … without a deep settlement with our Arab brothers and an end to using the country as a platform for attacking and threatening the Gulf countries. their interests, “Hariri said in a televised speech marking the 16th anniversary. Since the assassination of his father, there was Rafik al-Hariri, who was a prime minister.
A DA-backed tribunal in December condemned a Hezbollah member for conspiring to assassinate Rafik al-Hariri in a 2005 bombing. Hezbollah has denied any links to the attack.
Former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has been asked to form a government in October but has so far struggled to form a cabinet to share power with all Lebanese parties, including Hezbollah. among.
After a meeting with President Michel Aoun on Friday, Hariri said there had been no progress in forming a government.
Under a sectarian power-sharing system, the president of Lebanon must be a Maronite Christian and the Prime Minister a Sunni Muslim. President Aoun is a friend of Hezbollah, listed as a terrorist organization by the United States.
On Sunday Hariri blamed Aoun for blocking progress, saying he had visited the president 16 times since being named prime minister and suggested useless names.
France has been at the forefront of efforts to free Lebanon from the worst crisis of the 1975-1990 civil war.
A new government is the first step on a planned French roadmap of a cabinet that would take measures to tackle endemic corruption and implement reforms needed to raise billions of dollars of international aid. action to settle the economy, crushed by a mountain of debt.
“In all my communications there is a willingness and commitment to help Lebanon, to stop the fall and reconstruction of Beirut,” Hariri said.
“But it’s all waiting for the push of a button and that button is the creation of the government.”