Berri Optimistic Government Will Be Formed before Month´s End

Source: almanar.com.lb, 22-07-2009

Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri renewed on Wednesday optimism that the Lebanese government would be formed before the end of the month despite all obstacles and difficulties.

Berri, who paid a visit to the Baabda Presidential Palace where he held a meeting with President Michel Suleiman, reiterated that the outside was waiting for Lebanon and not the opposite, stressing that "there is a Saudi-Syrian rapprochement and understanding over understanding."

"Where did you hear that the opposition is insisting on veto power?" he said in response to a question. "Everyone is talking about a unity and partnership cabinet."

The Speaker, meanwhile, said that "Israel" will not be able to tamper with the relationship between the Lebanese people and UNIFIL. ""Israel" is trying to exploit what happened in the south in order to create a gap between Lebanon and UNIFIL," Berri said.