Lebanese President Michel Aoun Wednesday set Oct. 15 as the date he will hold binding consultations with parliamentary blocs to choose a new prime minister-designate.
The consultations, customarily held at Baabda Palace, will take place more than two months after caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab resigned over the deadly Aug. 4 port blast, and 19 days after former PM-designate Mustapha Adib stepped down saying he was unable to break the stalemate over the shape of the new government.
Once formed, the new government will be responsible for leading the country through a wide-ranging package of reforms demanded by the Lebanese and international community, who have conditioned further foreign financial support to Lebanon on tangible progress being made on this front.
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