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Lebanon's Hariri will not form cabinet catering to president's wishes

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri attends a parliament meeting at UNESCO Palace in Beirut, Lebanon May 22, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon's prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said on Saturday he will not form a cabinet that simply caters to President Michel Aoun's wishes.

"I will not form a government as the team of his Excellency the President wants it, nor any other political faction. I will only form the kind of government needed to stop collapse and prevent the big crash that is threatening the Lebanese," Hariri told a parliament session on Saturday.

FILE PHOTO: Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri meets with Lebanese President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon December 9, 2020. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS

(Reporting By Laila Bassam and Maha El Dahan)

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