Report: Le Drian won't propose dialogue, Iran may join 5-nation group

French presidential envoy for Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian will arrive in Beirut on Tuesday and will amend the roadmap he had launched on his first visit, an informed source said.

"He will not raise the idea of holding a dialogue table after the stance of the five-nation group, but he will stress Paris' readiness to work for helping Lebanon and aiding the Lebanese exit the current crisis and elect a president," the source told ad-Diyar newspaper in remarks published Sunday.

"Political circles believe that the crisis will likely protract, in the absence of serious solution indications," the daily said.

A source close to a senior leader meanwhile told the newspaper that "the five-nation group on the Lebanese presidential file might expand to resemble the famous 5+1 format after Iran joins it in a certain manner."

"There are contacts aimed at achieving this goal," the source added.