Macron meets Mikati, says president election a priority

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati held talks Tuesday in Sharm el-Sheikh with French President Emmanuel Macron, on the sidelines of the U.N.'s COP27 climate summit.

“Discussions tackled the French efforts for addressing the Lebanese situations,” Lebanon’s National News Agency said.

Macron for his part stressed “the priority of holding the Lebanese presidential election to regulate the work of institutions.”

Mikati also met Tuesday with U.N. chief Antonio Guterres and discussed with him whether the U.N. "can make an endeavor to push forward the process of electing a new president for Lebanon."

He also met with British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden.