A Lebanese collapse, he warned, will have repercussions in the stability of the whole region.

‘Lebanon and the Lebanese are standing on the brink of disaster,’ Diab said at a plenary session with heads of diplomatic missions in Beirut.

A few days after a social explosion, he stressed, I call on the world to save Lebanon.

According to Diab, the repercussions due to instability would resonate outside the Lebanese borders, because none of the neighbors could isolate themselves from the debacle.

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