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1st LD: Lebanon's PM Hariri withdraws his resignation

Xinhua,December 05, 2017 Adjust font size:

BEIRUT, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri withdrew his resignation during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, which was chaired by President Michel Aoun at the Baabda Palace.

The session is the first that was held in more than a month due to the political crisis caused by Hariri's resignation announcement in early November.

During the meeting, the cabinet unanimously endorsed a new dissociation policy.

"All groups in the Lebanese government are committed to dissociate themselves from regional conflicts," Hariri said in a statement. Enditem