Report: French Official in Lebanon in Early December to Discuss Presidential Elections
A French Foreign Ministry official is scheduled to arrive in Lebanon in early December to discuss the latest developments linked to the presidential elections, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.
It said that Director of the department of the Middle East and North Africa in the French Foreign Ministry Jean-Francois Giroud is expected to pay a two-day visit to Beirut on December 8 and 9.
Sources monitoring the French efforts regarding the presidential elections explained that the official will “turn the talks from foreign efforts to talks focused on foreign and Lebanese efforts.”
Giroud is expected to meet with a number of senior Lebanese officials.
An Nahar noted that Giroud will arrive in Lebanon a day before Prime Minister Tammam Salam's scheduled visit to Paris.
Lebanon has been without a president since May when the term of Michel Suleiman ended.
Disputes between the rival March 8 and 14 camps over a compromise candidate have thwarted the polls.
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