Lebanon's new government meets for the first time as it faces one of the biggest financial crises in the heavily indebted country's history.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the government's formation and said he would work with Prime Minister Hassan Diab to support the reform agenda, Guterres' spokesman said in a statement on Wednesday.
Hezbollah is considered a terrorist organization by the U.S. and oil-rich Gulf countries whose support is badly needed for debt-ridden Lebanon. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, deeply concerned for years over Hezbollah's rising influence in Beirut, have appeared to hesitate to extend financial support in this latest crisis.
Hariri and his Future Movement have stayed out of the government, along with the staunchly anti-Hezbollah Christian Lebanese Forces party and the Progressive Socialist Party of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt.
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