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French interest in the Lebanese file continues, on two parallel lines. The line of the revolution and the demands of the street, and the line of seeking a settlement between the political forces.
In the last hours, French diplomatic contact with the Lebanese political forces intensified, to achieve a local consensus on the process of forming the government. More than one French figure in the Elysee and the French Foreign Ministry made political contacts with various forces, to reach a common point that would pass the binding parliamentary consultations next Thursday. These contacts will not stop, as the information confirms, and will continue in the coming days, to be directed to French President Emmanuel Macron, after French diplomacy managed to achieve the required violations.
While France renewed its call on Lebanese officials to agree to form a government, calling it time to “choose to rise up instead of paralysis and chaos,” the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement that “the formation of an important government capable of implementing the necessary reforms is still postponed, despite the commitments that all political forces re-established. ” Lebanese claim “.
“It belongs to them, and to them alone, the responsibility for the prolonged obstruction that prevents any response to the expectations expressed by the Lebanese,” he added, emphasizing that Paris “is ready to assist Lebanon in reforms that alone would mobilize the international community”. “It is up to Lebanese officials to choose to rise up instead of paralysis and chaos. The ultimate interest of Lebanon and the Lebanese people requires it,” he added. Lebanon must appoint a new prime minister, after a first failed attempt to form an “independent” government demanded by the street and the international community.
After weeks of negotiations, Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adib, who was elected in late August, abandoned the task of forming a government in the absence of national consensus. And that government had to carry out the necessary reforms to release international aid in two weeks, the French president announced during his visit to Lebanon in early September. Exceeding that deadline angered the French president, who called what happened “a collective betrayal” in a speech he delivered the day after Adeeb’s resignation.
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