Mikati Meets Khalils, Basil to Discuss New Government Formation

Local Editor

As-Safir daily said that Miqati met with Khalil, Bassil and Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's advisor, Hussein Khalil, at his residence in Verdun Thursday night.

According to the newspaper, the conferees agreed that Bassil would inform Aoun about the different point of views, including the possibility of giving the FPM leader's bloc the foreign ministry in return for keeping the interior ministry with Caretaker Minister Ziad Baroud and giving Berri the defense portfolio instead of the foreign ministry.

According to information, the conferees stressed on the importance of a quick formation of the government before the Lebanese President Michel Suleiman travels on the 22nd of February in order to sign its decrees.