Lebanon's President Michel Aoun is pictured at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon March 17, 2021. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun called on prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday to form a new cabinet immediately or else make way for someone who can.
Hariri responded by saying that he would meet with Aoun yet again to discuss names that he had submitted "weeks ago" for the cabinet, but that if Aoun was then unable to approve them he should then call for early presidential elections.
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