The new Prime Minister of Beirut-Bannan formed the country’s first full government from 2022 on Saturday.
President Joseph ounces In a statement, he announced that he had accepted the resignation of the former caretaker government and signed a decree with the new Prime Minister. Nawaf Salam Forming a new government.
Salam “vowed to restore the trust between the citizens and the state, between it, Lebanon And implement the reforms needed to remove the country from the Arab environment, and the Lebanese and the international community, and to remove the country from the expansive economic crisis.
“Correction is the only way to real salvation,” he said in a speech on Saturday.
He also promised that the Israeli and Lebanese militant group and the political party also promised to follow the recent ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese militant group and the political party at the end of November. Went and ensure that Israeli forces “withdraw from the Lebanese territory until the last inches.” He promised to ensure reconstruction in areas facing destruction during the war.
The cabinet of 24 ministers of Salam, which is equally divided between Christian and Muslim sects, was formed after less than a month of appointment, and it comes at a time where Lebanon has its own. The southern region is entering to rebuild and maintain security along its borders.
Lebanon is still in the throat of a disabled Economic crisisNow in his sixth year, who has defeated his banks, has destroyed his power sector and has left many people in poverty.
A diplomat and former president of the International Court of Justice, Salam, has pledged to reform Lebanon’s judiciary and the economy and stabilize the troubled country, which has been facing many economic, political and security crises for decades. Have fallen.
The new government indicates a shift away from Hezbollah
Although Hezbollah did not endorse Salam as Prime Minister, the Lebanese group engaged in talks with the new Prime Minister on Shiite Muslim seats in the government, according to the Lebanese power partnership system.
It was despite the comments from the American Envoy Morgan and Tags, who said in a speech in Beirut on Friday that Washington had set “. Clear red lines From the United States, the “Hezbollah” will not be part of the government. These comments have given rise to a reaction from many people in Lebanon, who saw them as an interference in Lebanese internal affairs.
New Lebanese officials also indicate that Hezbollah is close to Hezbollah, as Beirut hopes it will improve relations with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, which rises to Hezbollah over the past decade. Having political and military are associated with power.
In early January, the former Army Chief Enlon was elected president, eliminating the vacuum of the post. He was also a candidate who was not confirmed by Hezbollah and key allies.
Ion has shared similar sentiments with Salam, and he has also vowed to strengthen the state’s right to “carry weapons” in the seemingly reference to Hezbollah’s arms.
Clashes on the eastern border continue
Although the formation of a government seems to be a sign of hope for the country’s future stability, Lebanon is still facing a tense situation on multiple fronts.
Earlier this week, clashes between the Lebanese tribes and the security forces of the new Syrian government on the eastern border with Syria spread along the eastern border, which is widespread members of the former members of the Islamist militant group Hait Tahir al -Sham. –
The unsafe border has long been a drainage for people, weapons and drug trafficking. Syrian officials said security forces were cracking against smuggling groups.
The Lebanese army said Saturday that several Lebanese areas were “shot and shooting” from Syria “and that soldiers deployed in the border area” to respond to fire sources started in the Syrian area. ” The order is given. “
Expanded to the Seas Fire Agreement
In addition, six people were killed and two were injured in a Israeli drone strike in the Janata area near the Janata area, near the Lebanese official news agency, according to a Lebanese official news agency.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it had killed “Hezbollah workers” who were working on a strategic weapon and storage site belonging to the militant group.
Israel has continued daily strikes about Hezbollah’s facilities in Lebanon since the implementation of the Seas Fire Agreement. The agreement states that both Israel and Lebanon maintain the right to work in “self -defense” but do not specify that which is self -defense.
The actual deadline for the ceasefire agreement ended at the end of January, but Lebanon and Israel agreed to extend it by February 18.
