Lebanon's foreign minister resigns, citing lack of reforms

Nassif Hitti is the highest ranking official to step down during the country's worsening economic crisis.
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Lebanon's Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti is pictured in his office in the capital city Beirut wearing a face mask due to the coronavirus on Aug. 3, 2020. Hitti announced his resignation today due to the government's mishandling of the country's worst crisis in decades, as premier Hassan Diab's under-fire Cabinet struggles to secure international support. - ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images
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Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti resigned today, saying the country lacks the will to implement the required reforms to lift it out of its economic crisis.

Hitti said there is an “absence of an effective will to achieve comprehensive structural reform,” according to The Associated Press.

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