BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanon's unity Cabinet unanimously adopted a statement laying out its goals Monday, clearing the way for parliament to vote on seating a new government that includes the country's bitterly divided pro-Western and pro-Syrian factions.

The new government was formed in a compromise aimed at ending a months long paralyzing political deadlock that led to bloody street battles in May.
Information Minister Tarek Mitri said all 30 members of the compromise Cabinet endorsed the draft policy statement, which outlines what the new government hopes to accomplish before elections next May, including plans to boost the economy and strengthen security forces.
The statement includes a provision indicating the Hezbollah can keep its weapons. With Hezbollah holding a veto in the new Cabinet, both sides agreed on the vaguely worded provision Friday.
Parliament will now debate the policy statement before holding a vote of confidence on the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, probably later this week. The Cabinet is widely expected to win the vote because it has representatives from both sides of political divide.
The policy statement says it is ""the right of Lebanon's people, the army and the resistance to liberate all its territories."" Lebanese use ""resistance"" to refer to Hezbollah, which is admired by many for its stand against Israel. ""All territories"" alludes to Lebanon's territorial claim on the Chebaa Farms area that Israel captured from Syria during the 1967 Mideast war.
After Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, militias were ordered to disarm, but Hezbollah fighters were allowed to keep their weapons because they were considered a resistance group fighting Israeli troops that occupied part of southern Lebanon until 2000.