Paris wants Hariri … from Riyadh

The political forces turned off their engines after the fall of the French initiative, so the fate of the next government depends on two tracks: the first is related to the International Conference in Support of Lebanon, which French President Emmanuel Macron expressed the disposition of your country to host in the middle of this month. This will be a favorable opportunity for Paris to make its role and initiative known. As for the second track, it is related to the visit of the three presidents to Kuwait, since the information spoke of their trip on a plane, which means the possibility of returning heat to the relationship of President Michel Aoun and the president of the Nabih Berri Parliament. The atmosphere between the two presidents was not good, and there are those who bet on breaking the ice during the trip, and on the possibility of consensus on the direction of the next stage. On the other hand, while Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah intensified his stance on the French president’s words in his last speech, the next day a meeting took place between the outgoing French ambassador to Lebanon, Bruno Foche, and the official. Hezbollah international relations officer, Ammar al-Musawi. The meeting was previously coordinated between the two parties and is part of the farewell visits that Foche is making. But the importance of this meeting lies in its timing, that is, after Sayyed Nasrallah’s speech. This is in the form, but in the content, nothing is new. On the side of Hezbollah, there was nothing to say after Nasrallah’s position. On the French side, the reasons that led to the failure of the initiative were presented. The ambassador made it clear that the Lebanese administration over the initiative was what frustrated it. The sources indicated that the management of the government file will be different from the aforementioned, and that the composition rules have origins that derive from coordination with the parliamentary majority, and that the President of the Republic will not attend the invitation to consultations before the prior agreement with the majority on the proposed name, and after agreement on the name will be negotiated with him.

France will test Saudi Arabia’s pulse to determine the possibility of Hariri’s return to Serail

Sources noted that ‘the French side sent a message to interested parties that it will speak to Riyadh about the Hariri assignment again, and if it is still rejected, the other option is Najib Mikati or Tamam Salam, or other names in case there is no consensus on them. Sources noted that “Hariri has not given any indication yet, stating that he wants to return, but is awaiting the Saudi response. While Aoun and MP Gebran Bassil reject his return, President Berri appears to be impatient and Hezbollah is reluctant to discuss the matter, hoping it will be clarified.

Forces reject Bkerke’s initiative
In another context, and after the visit of the Maronite patriarch Bechara Al-Rai in Bkerke two days ago, the information spoke of an attempt by the pastor to feel the pulse of the forces on his position in a quadripartite meeting similar to the one that took place between the “four maronite poles” in Diman years ago. According to visitors to Bkerke, the patriarch is enthusiastic about “a quadripartite meeting that gives signs of strength and positivity to Christians.”

Al-Ra’i is unable to collect the four “Maronite posts” due to my veto

However, the forces did not support the pastor on the same wave and told him “their unwillingness to repeat the previous experience when there was an agreement between Amin Gemayel, Michel Aoun, Samir Geagea and Suleiman Franjieh regarding the presidential elections, but neither accepted the other or moved out of their way if the doors were locked. In front of him. Additionally, Aoun suspended these elections for two years through Hezbollah. The forces informed the sponsor, according to informed sources, that “there is no confidence in the head of the movement, Gebran Bassil, who did not agree with the declaration of intent between them, so there is no use in a bilateral or quadripartite meeting if there is any a specific political project “. They asked him to “get Basil’s clear and explicit approval of the neutrality project without any change in its content, then they can meet under the roof of Bkerke. But without a clear and detailed project, the meeting remains impossible.

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