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French President Emmanuel Macron did not hesitate to reveal what happened in his meetings with politicians in Lebanon and threaten to impose sanctions on corrupt politicians, but preferred to preserve the secrets of his meeting with Fayrouz.
Macron said he respects the “secrecy” surrounding Al-Qamar’s neighbor.
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At a press conference at the Pine Palace in Beirut on Tuesday, at the end of a two-day visit, journalists asked Macron to speak about what happened at the Monday night meeting, making the French president he was willing to answer only what was related to him personally.
He said: “Regarding Fayrouz, let me preserve the privacy of this meeting … I can say what I felt and what I said to her personally … I said that I am in awe of being in front of a diva like Fairouz … this patriotic artist and see her beauty and this The magic of this clarity and political consciousness. “
Macron considered that Fayrouz’s voice is not “an accessory piece in such a crisis.”
He continued: “I think she can unrealistically or realistically carry a part of the Lebanese dream, and her voice is very important to all the generations that accompanied her … Fairuz’s voice is still important.”
He said: “I will definitely not talk about it because I think this is part of the dream and the secret that she surrounds herself with … This secret is part of Fairuz.”
In a phrase that reflects the depth of the meeting and the desire to preserve its secrets, Macron concluded his statements to journalists by saying: “We speak … and also our silence.”
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The meeting was shrouded in an aura of secrecy until Fayrouz’s official Facebook page posted pictures of the meeting, which lasted an hour and a quarter.
Fayrouz appeared in the images with a simple look that reflects her nature and a shy smile, with Macron next to her at her home in Rabieh, in Inelias, Mount Lebanon.
And in compliance with the rules and procedures to prevent the Corona virus, the Lebanese artist put on a transparent mask that could not cover her smile that the hearts of her fans loved.
Fayrouz wore an embroidered black cape and covered the front of his head with a traditional black scarf, and he seemed happy after Macron awarded him the Legion of Honor, the highest honor in France.
Three photographs showed the Fayrouz house, which is adorned with images of her family and her late husband, Asi Rahbani, as well as ancient and religious icons of saints on the walls, and paintings, one of which shows multiple faces of Fayrouz, painted by Croatian artist Justina Cisse Tommasio Sursock, dating from 1980.
After the meeting, Macron told Al-Jadid TV: “Fairuz is very beautiful and strong. I spoke with her about all that she represents to me … about the Lebanon that we love and many of us are waiting … about him. yearning that haunts us. “
It’s worth noting that Fayrouz rarely speaks to the media.
Source: Reuters
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