country once a Cabinet was formed.
Mr Hariri, who met the pontiff during a visit to Rome, asked him to help Lebanon tackle its political and economic crises.
Lebanon has been without a government since Hassan Diab resigned as prime minister after the
devastating explosion at Beirut’s port last August.
But Mr Aoun and Mr Hariri, who was appointed last October, have not yet agreed on how to allocate ministerial posts that respect the country’s sectarian power-sharing agreement.
The political deadlock
deepened Lebanon’s financial and economic crises. Its currency lost more than 85 per cent of its market value against the US dollar and inflation is soaring.