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Lebanon's Aoun says Hariri to "certainly" stay as PM

Published: 29 Nov 2017 - 12:14 pm | Last Updated: 17 Nov 2021 - 07:39 pm
Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets with Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon November 27, 2017. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS

Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets with Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon November 27, 2017. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS

Reuters

ROME: Lebanon's Saad al-Hariri will "certainly" remain prime minister and the country's political crisis "will be resolved definitively in a few days", President Michel Aoun was quoted as saying by an Italian newspaper on
Wednesday.

"We have just finished talks with all the political forces, within and outside government. There is a broad agreement," he was quoted as saying by the daily La Stampa during a visit to Italy.