Hollande Telephones Franjieh one Day after Meeting Hariri
Marada leader MP Suleiman Franjieh received a telephone call on Friday from French President Francois Hollande in light of the political settlement that saw a possible nomination of the lawmaker for the post of the presidency.
The phone call lasted for almost fifteen minutes, said LBCI.
It comes a day after a meeting between al-Mustaqbal movement chief Saad Hariri and Hollande took place in the French capital.
After the Paris meeting the French president stressed the necessity to end the vaccum in Lebanon, saying: “It is crucial that the presidential crisis ends.”
There has been a flurry of political talks in the country that followed a Paris meeting between Franjieh and Hariri.
The meeting sparked intense speculation that the two leaders agreed to the nomination of the Marada chief for the presidency.
Lebanon has been without a president since May 2014 when the term of Michel Suleiman ended without the election of a successor.
Ongoing disputes between the rival March 8 and 14 camps over a compromise candidate have thwarted the polls.
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Source: Naharnet
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