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Lebanon PM-designate pledges 'government of experts'

Published: 02 Sep 2020 - 04:34 pm | Last Updated: 05 Nov 2021 - 07:07 pm
Lebanese Prime Minister Mustapha Adib, wearing a protective face masks, arrives to meet with the French President at the Presidential palace in Baabda east of the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 1, 2020. / AFP / X07238 / GONZALO FUENTES

Lebanese Prime Minister Mustapha Adib, wearing a protective face masks, arrives to meet with the French President at the Presidential palace in Baabda east of the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 1, 2020. / AFP / X07238 / GONZALO FUENTES

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Beirut: Lebanon's prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib on Wednesday pledged to form a 'government of experts' to spearhead reforms demanded by France and the rest of the international community.

"We hope that we will quickly succeed in forming a government made up of a coherent team that is focused on dealing with the many dossiers before us," Adib said in a televised statement.

"We will proceed from the principle that the government should be a government of experts."