Senior French Diplomat to Arrive in Lebanon Next Week

French Foreign Ministry official Jean Francois Giraud, Head of the North Africa and Middle East Department, is expected to arrive in Lebanon next week.

According to al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Thursday, Giraud's visit comes ahead of his visit to Iran.

The daily said that Giraud will arrive in Lebanon on December 8 on a two-day official visit.

Diplomatic sources told the daily that Paris is expected to make important stances regarding the presidential impasse after the French diplomat's visit.

Lebanon has been without a president since May when the term of Michel Suleiman ended over differences among the parliamentary blocs on a compromise head of state.

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