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Lebanese government resigns

10 August 2020 18:35 (UTC +04:00)

^{The government of Prime Minister Hassan Diab resigned, Health Minister Hamad Hasan announced on Monday, APA reports citing Sputnik.}

^{"The whole government resigned," Hassan said, speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting. Diab will make his way to the presidential palace to formally inform Michel Aoun and "hand over the resignation in the name of all the ministers," he added.}

^{Diab and his cabinet will now continue work as a caretaker until a new government can be formed. The prime minister was expected to make a television address later Monday.}

^{On Saturday, Diab called for new parliamentary elections to take place, saying the country could not escape the current "structural crisis" without a vote.}