Hezbollah: Lebanese government must be formed as soon as possible
BEIRUT- Hezbollah called on Friday for a Lebanese government to be formed as quickly as possible, weeks after the country elected a president and named a prime minister.
Prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said last month his efforts to form the government faced "stumbling blocks", testing hopes he could quickly steer the country out of political crisis.
"Everyone is responsible for looking for ways out, for solutions, and to cooperate for us to reach the necessary conclusion on the government," Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said, referring to Lebanon's political factions. The "government ... must be formed as soon as possible."
The powerful Shi'ite Muslim movement is an ally of President Michel Aoun, elected in November to a presidency that had been vacant for 2-1/2 years because of political deadlock.
