Report: Le Drian may delay visit to give time to Hezbollah-FPM talks
The French President’s Special Envoy to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian might postpone his upcoming visit to Lebanon from the first week of September to the third week of September, the Progressive Socialist Party’s al-Anbaa news portal reported on Monday.
The delay would be aimed at “giving time to the efforts seeking to pacify the opposition’s stance as well as allowing the Haret Hreik-Mirna Chalouhi dialogue to make progress,” al-Anbaa said.
“France is looking forward to the dialogue between Hezbollah and Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil and is awaiting its outcome and hoping it will be positive, because any presidential agreement between the two parties might largely mean that Bassil would back Suleiman Franjieh’s nomination,” al-Anbaa added.
However, the outcome is not guaranteed until the moment and sources informed on the discussions have said that the negotiations are making progress albeit slowly, al-Anbaa said.
Moreover, the news portal said that the Lebanese Forces “will not take part in Le Drian’s dialogue should he call for it in September and will not answer the questions that the French envoy had sent (to parliament) days ago.”
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