Lebanon's president says results of efforts on cabinet formation to show in 2 days

Source: Xinhua| 2018-12-13 00:09:54|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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BEIRUT, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday that he is working hard to find solutions for the government formation and the results will be clear in the coming two days, the Presidency's website reported.

Aoun has started a new round of talks on Monday to break the cabinet formation deadlock.

Meanwhile, Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri said he hoped that the current consultations undertaken by the president would yield to an imminent government formation.

"We are in need of a harmonious government to fully carry out its responsibilities as we are facing tremendous challenges," Berri said during his weekly gathering with lawmakers.

Lebanon has been struggling to form a government since Saad Hariri was designated as prime minister in May, with deep differences among parties over their representation in the new government.

Sunni lawmakers from outside Hariri's Future Movement have been demanding to be represented by at least one seat in the government.

But Hariri refused the demand, saying that the six Sunni lawmakers did not have the right of representation because they were not part of a unified parliamentary block.

Hezbollah, a Shiite Islamic political party in Lebanon, has strongly backed the independent Sunni lawmakers' demand.

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