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French President Emmanuel Macron pledged Tuesday to use his weight to help Lebanon emerge from its current crisis.
By tying the transfer of donor funds to achieving reforms, Macron asked the Lebanese for answers about the reality of the banking system and expressed his position on Hezbollah’s participation in power.
The French president, who arrived in Beirut on Monday night, said he would use his weight to form a new Lebanese government and implement reforms.
The French president expressed his willingness to organize a new international conference in support of Lebanon next month, in cooperation with the United Nations.
The French president held a meeting aboard the “Tonner” helicopter carrier in the port of Beirut with representatives of civil society and the United Nations, saying: “We must focus for the next six months on the state of emergency and continue to mobilize the international community”.
“I am ready to organize again, perhaps between mid-October and the end of October, an international support conference in cooperation with the United Nations,” he added, indicating his readiness to host the conference in Paris.
Macron said the goal is that “we can again request the support of several countries to finance the aid and send it immediately to Beirut.”
On August 9, France sponsored an international conference in support of Lebanon, during which participants pledged to contribute more than € 250 million to help the Lebanese, provided it was provided under the auspices of the United Nations and directly to the people. Lebanese, bypassing state institutions accused of corruption.
The conference was organized days after the bomb attack in the port of Beirut, which left 190 people dead and thousands injured, and caused massive destruction in the city.
Political meetings
Macron’s long work program on Tuesday is filled with important political meetings, in particular with President Michel Aoun and representatives of the main political forces.
Macron, who is visiting Beirut for the second time in less than a month, warns that his efforts are the “last chance” to save Lebanon’s crumbling political and economic system.
The main political forces anticipated the arrival of Macron by agreeing to assign Mustafa Adib to form a new government.
Meanwhile, the French president made it clear to the Lebanese that he would not deliver the promised funds to Lebanon at the 2018 Paris conference unless reforms were implemented.
Macron said he wanted to know the real figures on the Lebanese banking system and requested an audit of the accounts.
Regarding Hezbollah, Macron said it is “part of the Lebanese political system and it is elected.”
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