Bassil: President election shouldn't be linked to events in region

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Tuesday called on the Lebanese to agree on a new president and "distance Lebanon from wars and conflicts."

"We have started political efforts from Dar al-Fatwa and we're concerned with talking to everyone," Bassil said after meeting with Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan.

“We hope war won’t renew and there should be a president and a government to secure the country’s salvation,” the FPM chief added.

Moreover, he said that the presidential vote is a “Lebanese juncture” and that “the agreement on the president should be reached by the Lebanese.”

“We should not link this juncture to the events in the region,” Bassil stressed.