BEIRUT: Prime Minister Tammam Salam Friday scheduled a Cabinet meeting for next week despite the conflict that arose with Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun after the government passed a decree before discussing the appointment of new security officials.

Divisions emerged when Cabinet convened its first session in nearly a month Thursday, with Aoun threatening to take action after the government passed a proposal to allot $21 million to help export agricultural and industrial products by sea.

The Cabinet session was marred by heated arguments between ministers, as those of the Free Patriotic Movement, Hezbollah and the Tashnag Party argued that no agenda items should be discussed until security appointments were made.

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