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French President Emmanuel Macron has issued a harsh warning about the situation in Lebanon, which is facing a political crisis due to the pandemic and the explosion in the port of Beirut.
“If we leave Lebanon in the region, if we somehow leave it to the conspiracies of the regional powers, this will be civil war” and “the defeat of what is the very identity of Lebanon.”‘declared the French head of state before the Paris Presidential Press Association.
France reiterated on Thursday its call for the rapid formation of a government and the adoption of “emergency” reforms in Lebanon, noting that otherwise the country is in danger of disappearing, writes Agerpres.
“Today, the risk is the disappearance of Lebanon, that is why these measures must be takenFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told RTL radio.
Following the visit of President Emmanuel Macron, who traveled to Beirut on August 6, two days after the huge explosion that shook the city, the head of French diplomacy stressed that these reforms cannot be carried out by the current political class, challenged by the Lebanese.
More than two weeks after the resignation of the Diab government, President Michel Aoun has yet to set a date for the parliamentary consultations from which a new head of government would be appointed, amid differences between the traditional parties they control. the legislature.
