Hariri Meets with Aoun Thursday at the Start of 2nd Round of Consultations
The PM-designate is expected to resume his parliamentary consultations at 6:00 pm Monday and Free Patriotic Movement sources said Saad Hariri will hold a second round of talks with the FPM bloc on Thursday.
MP Ibrahim Kenaan said Thursday”s talks will focus on financial policies, the authorities of some funds, councils, ministries and plans to set up a planning ministry.
He said the FPM bloc is open for dialogue over the formulas that agreement should be reached on for cabinet formation on condition that they are implemented equally on everyone.
Kenaan said the bloc”s secretariat-general will hold a meeting headed by Aoun on Tuesday and another larger meeting the next day in preparation for the consultations with Hariri.
Al-Liwaa daily quoted sources as saying that Hariri”s agenda includes a second round of meetings with several blocs that had asked for more talks over cabinet formation.