Berri: Where is the ceasefire?

Everything is "at a standstill, and no discussions are taking place until a ceasefire is achieved, for which we have done everything possible," Speaker Nabih Berri has reportedly said.

Berri also ruled out, in meetings with his visitors, any meeting between him and President Joseph Aoun in the near future.

As for Aoun's statement on Monday, in which he stressed the necessity for a ceasefire before negotiations and noted that the Lebanese state is not concerned with any other talk, Berri referred those asking to the president, saying, "Ask him!" He added, "Where is the ceasefire today?"

When asked whether an agreement had been reached with Saudi envoy Yazid bin Farhan on a cabinet reshuffle or changes to the government's performance, Berri, according to al-Akhbar, emphasized that "the priority is a ceasefire, and the government is as paralyzed as Lebanon itself."

The visitors of Ain el-Tineh also quoted Berri as saying that "hopes are still pinned on something serious" in the U.S.-Iranian negotiations in Islamabad. Abad.

He also warned against any "attempt to tamper with the Lebanese pound's exchange rate, given the disastrous consequences this would have for the country."