Paris tells Gemayel that Franjieh is 'only possible solution'

Kataeb Party chief Sami Gemayel felt “frustrated” after his Paris meeting with French presidential adviser Patrick Durel, after he sensed that a presidential breakthrough serving the opposition’s interest has become impossible, a media report said.

Sources close to Gemayel told al-Akhbar newspaper that Durel “was clear and decisive when he said that the only possible solution now was to endorse the candidate Suleiman Franjieh.”

Gemayel had announced from Paris that he would return to Beirut with “the mentality of unifying efforts, the confrontation and the opposition in order to preserve Lebanon’s sovereignty and independence.”