Minister of Telecommunications Gibran Bassil of Lebanon

Free Patriotic Movement political relations officer Gibran Bassil said that the meetings between FPM leader Michel Aoun and Future leader Saad Hariri were an occasion to exchange points of view and concerns over pending issues.

Many people expected to see white smoke after Aoun's son-in-law Gibran Bassil met with PM designate Fouad Siniora , and made encouraging remarks.

21:45 Minister Haddad told LBC : Competition is the best means to reduce the prices in the market.

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Free Patriotic Movement official Gibran Bassil said Speaker Nabih Berri would call for a parliamentary session to adopt the election law even if a government was not formed.

Free Patriotic Movement Political Relations Officer Gibran Bassil said that the political situation in Lebanon is getting more and more complicated.

Bassil said that it is possible for a quartet meeting to be held again when Moussa returns to Lebanon.

CONCERNING THE DANGERS OF ISRAEL VIOLATING THIS LINE, BASSIL SAID THE COMMUNICATION WILL GO THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER IN LONDON OWNED BY THE NATIONAL PALESTINIAN OPERATOR AND THEN THROUGH SECURE INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES.

Hundreds of people throughout Lebanon received threatening phone calls on their landlines from Israel,'' Gibran Bassil said overnight.

Chatah told an-Nahar daily that minister Bassil has no right to interfere in Finance ministry affairs, describing the minister of Telecoms statements as baseless.