Report: Franjieh offers guarantees to KSA through Paris
French presidential adviser Patrick Durel has obtained Paris-demanded “guarantees” from Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh and will discuss them with the Saudis, a senior French source said.
“Reports claiming that Franjieh was invited by the French presidency to be asked to withdraw (from the presidential race) are baseless,” the source added, in remarks to Annahar newspaper published Sunday.
Franjieh offered Durel “guarantees that he would not block the work of the reformist government, expressing his desire to rescue the country from its economic crisis while stressing that he wants the best relations with Saudi Arabia,” the daily added.
“Paris will continue to work in the same direction, which is the dire need to carry out reforms in Lebanon with a reformist premier who would implement them and a president who would be accepted by the main Lebanese parties,” the senior French source said.
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