Lebanese PM urges efforts to make French initiative succeed

Lebanon’s prime minister-designate on Monday called for cooperation from all sides in the formation of a new government and for efforts to secure the immediate success of a French initiative to lift the country from crisis.

All sides should cooperate for the formation of a government of specialists “capable of halting the collapse and starting work to get the country out the crises”, Prime Minister-designate Mustapha Adib said in a statement.

Adib said he would spare no effort “to achieve this goal in cooperation with the president”.