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Salam responds to Geagea over Rajji and financial reforms

From Naharnet · () English

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  • Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam rejected criticism that Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji had been sidelined.
  • Salam said Lebanon’s Council of Ministers sets general government policy, including foreign policy, while each minister manages their ministry within that framework.
  • His remarks responded to criticism from Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has pushed back against criticism from Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea over what Geagea viewed as the sidelining of Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji.

Salam said Lebanon’s constitutional system gives the Council of Ministers responsibility for setting the government’s general policy in every field, including foreign policy. Individual ministers, he added, are responsible for managing their ministries and carrying out that policy within their powers.

The constitution stipulates that the Council of Ministers is the one that sets the government’s general policy in all fields, including foreign policy, while each minister is responsible for managing the affairs of their ministry and implementing this policy within their powers.

· Nawaf SalamThe Lebanese prime minister explained the government’s constitutional division of responsibility while responding to criticism over the foreign minister’s role.

“Hence, the foreign policy of the Lebanese state is not the policy of a person or ministry in isolation from the government,” Salam said.

Hence, the foreign policy of the Lebanese state is not the policy of a person or ministry in isolation from the government.

· Nawaf SalamSalam emphasized that foreign policy belongs to the government collectively rather than to one minister or ministry alone.
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