Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Wednesday he is putting on hold his resignation at the request of President Michel Aoun.
Speaking to reporters in Beirut after a parade marking Lebanon's Independence Day, Hariri said the delay was meant to give time for more discussion with the president.
He sparked a political crisis earlier this month when he announced from Saudi Arabia that he would step down, and then remained in Saudi Arabia as speculation swirled as to whether he was being detained.
Aoun had said he would not accept the resignation until he could speak with Hariri in person, and after stops in France and Egypt, Hariri arrived back in Lebanon on Tuesday night.
In his resignation speech, Hariri denounced Iran and Hezbollah for sowing friction in Arab states and said he feared assassination. His father, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, was killed in a 2005 bombing.
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