Two French judges to visit Lebanon, meet Bitar over port blast case

A French judicial delegation will travel to Lebanon this month to meet with the judge in charge of the investigation into the deadly explosion at the port of Beirut in 2020, a Lebanese judicial official told AFP on Tuesday.

"Two French judges will arrive in Beirut in the last week of this month," said the official, who requested anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media.

The judges are expected to meet with the Lebanese judge in charge of the investigation, Tarek Bitar, as well as other judicial officials, and present "a detailed report on the evidence gathered during the French investigation," which was opened a few days after the tragedy.

The French investigation is "separate from the one being conducted by Lebanon," the official said.