Iran Press/ Middle East: Lebanon’s foreign minister resigned on Monday amid the economic crisis in the Arab country.
Nassif Hitti is the first Cabinet minister to defect from his post amid the financial crisis striking the country.
Hitti submitted his resignation to the prime minister and left the government house without making any comments. He later issued a statement, saying the government had failed to manage the crisis and implement the required reforms to save the country.
“After giving it a lot of honest though, I have come to the conclusion that I cannot perform my duties in these historical circumstances,” Hitti said.
He said he had decided to resign “due to the absence of a vision for Lebanon ... and the absence of an effective will to achieve comprehensive structural reform.”
In a stark warning, he said Lebanon was turning into a “failed state” and urged politicians to rally around the country’s national interest.
A career diplomat, Hitti became foreign minister in January as part of Prime Minister Hassan Diab’s government.
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