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Akar named as Acting Foreign Minister-[REPORT]

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19-05-2021 | 13:34

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President Michel Aoun signed on Wednesday a decree appointing Caretaker Defense Minister Zeina Akar as acting Foreign Minister.

This step comes after Caretaker Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe resigned after a television interview in which he made remarks over Gulf countries.

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