BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he insisted on nominating Saad al-Hariri as prime minister of the country’s next government, NBN television reported on Thursday.
“My insistence on nominating Hariri is because he’s for the good of Lebanon and I am all for the good of Lebanon,” Berri told the network.
(This story corrects day to Thursday, from Wednesday, in first paragraph)
Reporting by Nadine Awadalla; Editing by Alison Williams