Macron disappointed over lack of new Lebanese govt

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday expressed disappointment at lack of progress in formation of a new government in Leban.

Leban’s prime minister-designate resigned Saturday amid a political impasse over government formation, dealing a blow to French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to break a dangerous stalemate in crisis-hit country.

anuncement by Moustapha ib nearly a month after he was appointed to job furr delays prospect of getting foreign ecomic assistance needed to rescue country from collapse.

ib told reporters he was stepping down after it became clear that kind of Cabinet he wished to form was “bound to fail.”

French leer has been pressing Lebanese politicians to form a Cabinet me up of n-partisan specialists that can work on enacting urgent reforms to extract Leban from a devastating ecomic and financial crisis worsened by Aug. 4 explosion at Beirut port.