Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri resigns

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 29, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri resigned today, according to media reports.

In the last two weeks protests were being held in Lebanon with the demand for political changes.

At a press conference PM Hariri said he “has entered into a deadlock”, and the country needed a shock to solve the crisis.

Hariri will submit his resignation and that of the Cabinet to President Michel Aoun.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan