The president of Lebanon proclaims the brand new Salam authorities | EUROtoday

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The new Lebanese president Joseph Aoun and the prime minister he appointed Nawaf Salam signed, after three weeks of adverse negotiations, the decree of structure of the federal government, in response to which the workforce can be made up of 24 members. The Jour Orient makes it identified. President Joseph Aoun signed three decrees, mentioned the presidency in an X put up, one “who accepts the resignation of the government of the Prime Minister (interim) Najib Mikati”, one other “who in charge the Prime Minister Nawaf Salam to form The government “and the final” to form a government of 24 ministers “.

The new premier: “A government of salvation and reforms”

The new authorities have to be of “salvation and reforms”, introduced the Lebanese Prime Minister designated Nawaf Salam from Baabda’s presidential palace. The premier in his speech, reported by L’Orient Le Jour, insisted on the truth that “reforms are the only way for a real change, together with the safety, the implementation of resolution 1701 and the Israeli retreat” from the villages e from the areas nonetheless occupied in southern Lebanon. “I want to establish the rule of law, thus laying the foundations for reforms and salvation, to launch the project of a new Lebanon with the president,” mentioned Nawaf Salam. “It is necessary to restore the trust between the government and the people, in particular showing that it lives up to the ambitions of young people”, continued Salam, and “I want to restore the trust between Lebanon and neighboring countries”. “No version of government can satisfy everyone, but this team will work in harmony and will not be a place of dissent but work,” he assured once more. Five ladies are a part of the Nawaf Salam authorities, towards solely one of many earlier authorities. The Hassane Diab authorities, shaped in January 2020, included six ladies.

The UN: “A new chapter for Lebanon”

– The United Nations welcomed the formation of a brand new authorities in Lebanon, which has put an finish to greater than two years of provisional authorities. “Today’s formation of the government heralds a new and brighter chapter for Lebanon,” mentioned the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert in an announcement.