House Speaker Nabih Berri met today at Ain El-Tineh Palace with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, and his accompanying delegation, in the presence of European Union Ambassador to Lebanon Ralph Tarraf.
Talks centered on the Lebanese situation with its ramifications and repercussions, particularly the government crisis.
Speaker Berri provided the European delegate with a detailed explanation of his initiative aimed at overcoming the governmental crisis, the stages it has crossed and where it stands today, stressing that “the obstacles that prevent the government’s formation are purely internal.”
The Speaker also outlined the reform laws endorsed by the Parliament and what is underway in this context, to keep pace with the forthcoming government in its expected reform and rescue mission.
Berri thanked the European Union for its role and efforts, as well as the French initiative in supporting Lebanon out of its crises.
On a different note, Speaker Berri cabled the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, in wake of the completed Iranian presidential elections, pointing out that “the Islamic Republic of Iran, as it is great in creating its steadfastness and prevention in the face of the blockade, and in its steadfastness in supporting and aiding vulnerable peoples and nations, it is also great at making and preserving its options and constitutional deadlines.”
Source: National News Agency