Hariri from UAE: There's Consensus on CEDRE, I Want to Make Lebanon Like Dubai

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Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Sunday that “there is political consensus in Lebanon on all the reforms recommended by the CEDRE conference.”

“There is also consensus on combating corruption,” he added in a talk session with the journalist Imadeddine Adib on the sidelines of the World Government Summit in Dubai.

Commenting on remarks by Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed that he had dreamt to make Dubai like Beirut, Hariri said: “I want to make Lebanon like Dubai.”

And noting that Lebanese citizens should get their rights regardless of their sectarian affiliations, Hariri added: “I’m employed by the people and I must serve everyone.”

The premier also called for separating the economy from sectarianism, noting that “it is true that there are political parties intervening in Syria, but we are against this intervention and we won’t stop our economy for their sake.”

On the sidelines of his participation, Hariri met with the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed, in the presence of Dubai’s Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash, the Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future Mohammad Al Gergawi, the Minister of Economy Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri and the President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and CEO and chairman of the Emirates Group Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum.

The meeting was also attended by the members of the Lebanese accompanying delegation. Talks focused on the latest regional, Arab and international developments and the bilateral relations, Hariri’s office said.

Separately, Hariri met with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde. He also met with the head of the Kataeb Party, MP Sami Gemayel, who is participating in the World Government Summit.

SourceNaharnet
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Thumb ex-fpm 5 years

Hariri: I Want to Make Lebanon Like Dubai

In Dubai there is law and order and hardly any corruption. In Dubai there is no iranian sectarian criminal organization calling itself 'resistance'. In Dubai you have officials who have vision, leadership, and values; something Lebanese officials from top to bottom lack. That is why Lebanon will never be like Dubai.

Thumb ashtah 5 years

Add to that: Dubai has a functioning government. They don't have polluted beaches, trash and garbage on the streets. They have functioning infrastructure, functioning airports and ports. Land at Dubai airport and land at Beirut airport and see the difference. In Dubai there is citizenship as opposed to nepotism/sectarianism in Lebanon.

The Lebanese think they are smart and they can circumvent the law. That is part of the Lebanese culture. Have you seen how the Lebanese queue at an airport, how they board a plane, how they disembark from a plane?

Let's stop blowing our own trumpet. We have nothing to be proud of.....

Thumb doodle-dude 5 years

"I pray Lebanon never becomes what fake materialistic Dubai become"

lol @ the real genuine non-materialistic lebanese culture!

Parent Dies after Setting Himself Ablaze at School

George Zreik doused himself with petrol and set it ablaze Thursday. Zreik reportedly took the desperate step after the school refused to give him a certificate attesting that his daughter was a student, the National News Agency said.
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/256286-parent-dies-after-setting-himself-ablaze-at-school

lol @ fake materialistic Dubai:)!

Thumb janoubi 5 years

"Dubai has not 1 refugee and every foreign worker (up to 80%) is politely deported at their retirement age..."

Syrian refugees arrived in Lebanon due to government incompetence back in the middle of 2011. Where was Lebanon in 2011 and where was Dubai?

Dubai has a retirement program and if you buy an apartment/real estate you are given residency as long as you own that property.

Nations are not only measured by their past but by their present and future.

Thumb justin 5 years

This would never happen in 'materialistic' Dubai!

استغربت مراجع أمنية رفيعة المستوى محاولة احد نواب منطقة الجنوب التدخل لإخراج شخص متهم بإختلاس الأموال، وقال المرجع للنائب: “ما تتدخل القصة كبيرة، واذا طلع، نحنا كلنا رايحين عالبيت”.
https://www.lebanese-forces.com/2019/02/10/money-27/