Bassil-Geagea talks in 'final stages', new president after Arab Summit

The presidential negotiations between Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea have entered their “final stages,” a media report said on Tuesday.

Bassil and Geagea are in a “race against time, seeing as the Lebanese parties have been informed that the presidential election session should be held shortly after the Arab Summit,” informed sources told al-Liwaa newspaper.

The session might be held “in the first week of June,” the sources added.

Al-Liwaa meanwhile reported that it has obtained “certain information” suggesting that the new president will be elected one week or two weeks after the Arab Summit.