Report: Bukhari may ask Sunni MPs to vote for Franjieh
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed the Lebanese file “in depth and in details” during their meeting in Jeddah on May 19, sources informed on the meeting said.
“This was reflected in Riyadh’s reversal of its previous veto on Marada Movement chief Suleiman Franjieh’s election as president, before it lifted the veto and moved to negative neutrality,” al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Monday.
“The eye is on what Saudi Ambassador Walid Bukhari is carrying, after he returned to Beirut two days ago, amid reports that he might tell hesitant MPs, specifically the Sunni MPs, to support Franjieh,” the daily added.
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