A Lebanese government source said that Mr Hitti’s resignation was also the result of Mr Diab undermining the foreign minister’s position during last month’s visit by French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
“Hitti felt he was being marginalized regarding certain regional issues,” the source, who requested anonymity, told dpa.
Mr Diab, supported by the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and their main ally, Lebanese President Michel Aoun, was appointed to form a government on December 19 amid nationwide mass protests against corruption and for economic reforms. In January, Mr Diab formed his 20-member cabinet which vowed to tackle an ongoing economic crisis, which has been the worst to hit the country since the 1975-90 civil war.
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