GCC Hopes New Cabinet Would Meet Expectations of Lebanese

The Gulf Cooperation Council has hoped that Premier-designate Najib Miqati would succeed in forming a new government which satisfies the Lebanese.

In a statement following their meeting in Riyadh on Thursday, the GCC foreign ministers stressed “full support for Lebanese security and national unity.”

The statement urged all political parties “to deal with the ordeals in a wise and calm manner at this sensitive stage” in support of democracy and the Taef and Doha agreements.

The Arab ministers said they were relieved at the statements made by Miqati, and expressed hope that the premier-designate would form a government that “meets the expectations of the Lebanese people.”