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Sunday, August 30, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Lebanese president calls for proclamation of ‘secular state’
BEIRUT — Lebanese President Michel Aoun calls for the proclamation of a “secular state” during a televised address to mark the upcoming centenary of the Lebanese state.
“I call for the proclamation of Lebanon as a secular state,” Aoun says, during a speech in which he acknowledged the need “to change the system,” after an enormous explosion at Beirut’s port in early August and months of deepening economic crisis.
— AFP
