Lebanon’s new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Tuesday said he is seeking for help across the political spectrum to help “rescue, reform and rebuild” his crisis-hit country.
During speech Salam emphasized that everyone who feels like to contribute something they are welcome and will be appreciated.
He said “My hands are extended to all to set off together on this mission of rescue, reform and rebuilding.
“I am not of those who exclude but those who unite.”
President Joseph Aoun from Lebanon has put his trust on the shoulder of new prime Minister and wants him(Salam) to form government.
Hezbollah had objected to any suggestion of Salam as premier in the past, but the militant group has been weakened by a war with neighbouring Israel that ended with a ceasefire in November.
Analysts say this allowed for Aoun’s election last week and Nawaf’s swift nomination on Monday.
After reached home Salam pleadged with all political and all authorities to join hand and create peace.
He said “extend the authority of the Lebanese state across all its territory” and “work seriously to completely implement UN resolution 1701” that calls for Hezbollah to withdraw from south Lebanon.
When he spoke about the war that Israel is fighting against Afghanistan, Salam highlighted that he will come with strategy that will force Israel soldiers to retrieve.
Salam said “impose the complete withdrawal of the enemy from the last occupied inch of our land.”
In a country grappling with its worst financial crisis since 2019, he vowed to work towards a government that could ‘build a modern and productive economy’.
Before becoming premier, Salam was presiding judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
The process has previously taken weeks or even months due to deep political divisions and horse-trading.
BY LUCKY SEANEGO
