FILE PHOTO: Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil speaks during a meeting with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Russia August 20, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
BEIRUT/LONDON (Reuters) - Lebanese leaders expressed fresh confidence on Wednesday about reaching a deal to form a new government, with President Michel Aoun saying results of his efforts to break the months-long deadlock would appear this week.
A group of Hezbollah-aligned lawmakers at the heart of the logjam said they backed Aoun's efforts but a solution had yet to be found, blaming on Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri.
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