Report: Suleiman and Hariri Discuss Hizbullah Campaign, Policy Statement
President Michel Suleiman and al-Mustaqbal movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri held talks in Paris on Wednesday night, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported.
The newspaper said Thursday that the meeting was held on the sidelines of a dinner banquet thrown by deputy Speaker Farid Makari in honor of Suleiman and the delegation that accompanied him to the International Support Group for Lebanon meet.
Hariri was also invited to the dinner, al-Joumhouria said.
The talks between him and Suleiman focused on the latest developments in Lebanon and the meetings that Hariri has lately held in Rome, Paris and Riyadh, the report said.
A campaign launched by Hizbullah against the president and the deadlock on the policy statement of Prime Minister Tammam Salam's government were also the focus of the discussions between Suleiman and Hariri, the daily added.
Despite the report, LBCI said that Hariri did not attend the dinner banquet thrown by Makari at his residence in Suleiman's honor for being abroad.
The international support group for Lebanon appealed Wednesday for nations to extend pledges of financial help for the country, which is coping with an influx of Syrian refugees, terror attacks and a struggling economy.
Participants at the ministerial meeting in Paris stressed the need "to not only speed up the promised aid but provide additional help."
France, has committed 10.4 million euros toward helping the refugees and will unblock another 1 million this year. The French Development Agency is supplying 3 million euros for NGOs.
Suleiman said his country will require years of support, saying the burden it carries threatens its stability.
Foreign Minister Jebran Basssil told pan-Arab daily al-Hayat published on Thursday that the major powers are in agreement to help Lebanon reach stability.
He said he told his French counterpart Laurent Fabius that the aim of the Lebanese parties is to reach a clear plan inside the government to resolve the problems of the Lebanese.
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