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Hariri delays resignation after meeting president
PM denies being held against will in Saudi Arabia
LEBANESE Prime Minister Saad Hariri suspended his resignation yesterday, hours after returning from alleged captivity in Saudi Arabia.
Mr Hariri, who resigned in a pre-recorded statement on Saudi TV on November 4 after flying to the kingdom, put his resignation “on hold” following a meeting with President Michel Aoun.
Earlier, the two attended the independence day military parade in Beirut.
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