Cabinet on Low Fire as Preparations for Lebanon-Syria-Saudi Summit Underway
PM-designate Saad Hariri quietly continues discussions on Cabinet formation as the government was expected to be declared within 10 days, the daily An Nahar reported.
Citing well-informed sources, An Nahar said Wednesday that talks between Hariri and President Michel Suleiman had focused on a government line-up that includes 15 Majority ministers , 10 Opposition and five for the head of state.
An Arab diplomatic source, meanwhile, told al-Liwaa newspaper that regional and international follow-up "aimed at delivering a clear message that failure to form a Cabinet is forbidden."
An Nahar quoted Arab diplomatic sources in Beirut as saying that King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia will prepare, following the birth of the new government, for a tripartite summit between Saudi, Syria and Lebanon to be held in Damascus July 16.