Report: Aoun asks Rajji to abide by official policy after Berri's Baabda visit

In a sign of the growing harmony between President Joseph Aoun and Speaker Nabih Berri, an agreement to activate diplomatic efforts was put into effect through the U.N. complaint that was filed by the Foreign Ministry over Israel’s violations, a media report said.

Informed political sources told ad-Diyar newspaper that the step followed a visit by Foreign Minister Youssef Raji to the Baabda Palace, during which Aoun asked Rajji to take action to tackle the continuous Israeli attacks.

“He also instructed him to adhere to the general outlines of the Ministerial Statement and the inaugural (presidential) speech, and to avoid creating tensions within the Cabinet. This matter had previously been raised by Berri with Aoun, when he called for the need to ‘rein in’ the foreign minister, who has been ‘straying from the fold’ and causing embarrassment to Lebanon's diplomatic position,” the sources added.