Aoun delays consultations to designate PM by one week

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Lebanese President Michel Aoun postponed consultations with lawmakers to designate a new prime minister by one week until Dec. 16, the presidency said on Sunday.

The consultations, which had been scheduled for Monday, were postponed after Samir Khatib withdrew his candidacy for the position of prime minister.

In this photo released by Lebanon’s official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, speaks to journalists at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. . (Dalati Nohra via AP) The Associated Press
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