Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti resigned from his position Monday, in protest to the government's poor handling of several issues.
Hitti submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Hassan Diab and is set to address his decision later on.
Hitti was appointed as foreign minister as part of Diab’s government in January.
According to political sources, in addition to the government’s performance, a number of other reasons led to this decision, including Diab’s criticism of the French foreign minister who visited Lebanon recently, and Hitti feeling undermined as foreign minister after a top security official was sent to the Gulf to appeal for aid.
Lebanon is facing its worst economic and financial crisis, with the population experiencing electricity blackouts, poverty, mounting piles of garbage on the streets and a severely devalued national currency, which has drastically decreased their purchasing power.
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