Resumption of Cabinet Sessions Reportedly Imminent

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Cabinet will resume its meetings soon after Prime Minister Najib Miqati communicated behind the scenes with Hizbullah’s leadership, Speaker Nabih Berri and others, obtaining a pledge that they will not subject the government to any setback, Asharq al-Awsat daily reported on Thursday.

Miqati told them that the government has two pressing missions: the first is related to the talks with the World Bank for financing the importation of Egyptian gas to Lebanon, and the second is related to the start of negotiations with the International Monetary Fund with the aim of funding Lebanon’s financial recovery plan, the newspaper added.

Miqati had suspended Cabinet sessions after the eruption of a dispute over Judge Tarek Bitar’s fate and the subsequent Tayyouneh clashes.