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Arab League chief sees new Lebanon government soon
Lebanon will soon form a national unity government in line with a Doha deal to end the country's political crisis, Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Sunday.
- Agencies
- Published: 14:34 June 15, 2008
Beirut: Lebanon will soon form a national unity government in line with a Doha deal to end the country's political crisis, Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Sunday.
The Doha deal, brokered by Qatari-led Arab mediators last month, led to the election of President Michel Sulaiman and pulled the country back from the brink of a new civil war.
The agreement stipulates the formation of a government where the Hezbollah-led opposition holds veto power.
"I hope that the Lebanese would be pleased with news of agreement to form the government soon. This is our hope," Moussa told reporters at Beirut's airport.
Lebanon had been locked in a power struggle between rival political groups since November 2006 which left the constitutional institutions largely paralysed.
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