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Berri, Nasrallah Discuss Elections’ Outcome, Other Files

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah met with re-elected Speaker Nabih Berri on Friday evening where they “discussed the general situation in Lebanon and the latest developments on the Palestinian arena,” the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

The meeting was held in the presence of caretaker Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil (senior political aide to Berri) and senior Hizbullah official Hussein Khalil.

The two parties expressed their "satisfaction” with the results of the May 6 parliamentary elections, and the “broad popular participation that confirmed the commitment to the resistance and the political project carried by Hizbullah, AMAL Movement and their allies."

They voiced contentment with the “re-election of Speaker Nabih Berri and the re-appointment of Prime Minister Saad Hariri."

"A national unity government that reflects the correct representation,” should soon be formed, they said.

Discussions have also touched on economic, financial and administrative files, in which hard work was emphasized to fight corruption, concluded NNA.

The two men discussed the general situation in the region, mainly in Palestine, affirming “solidarity” with the Palestinian people in their national struggle.


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