Premier-designate Saad Hariri has invited MP Michel Aoun to lunch in Qoreitem to discuss the formation of the government and the latter’s demands, the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported Sunday.
“Hariri dispatched his advisor Nader Hariri to Aoun and invited him to meet with the premier-designate over lunch,” the paper said quoting sources. They added that Aoun asked for “time before giving an answer to the invitation.

Aoun has scheduled a press conference for Monday to respond to “a campaign being waged against him by March 14 forces over his insistence to nominate (Telecoms Minister Jebran) Bassil to the cabinet and demands for one sovereign portfolio and five other minor ones,” the paper reported.