Report: Hollande Willing to Host Inter-Lebanese Dialogue to Address Presidency
France is convinced that only a “consensual” president would be able to end the vacuum in the presidency, reported the Kuwaiti daily al-Seyassah on Sunday.
Ministerial sources told the daily that French President Francois Hollande is willing to host inter-Lebanese dialogue that would be limited to resolving the vacuum in the presidency after is appeared that neither Change and Reform chief MP Michel Aoun nor Marada Movement head MP Suleiman Franjieh will be elected to the post.
A consensual head of state will help revitalize state institutions and agencies, stressed the sources.
Hollande kicked off on Saturday a two-day visit to Lebanon where he held talks with Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Tammam Salam, Defense Minister Samir Moqbel, Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil and a number of other officials.
He demanded on Saturday the “swift” election of a president, saying however that this issue is in the hands of Lebanese MPs.
Lebanon has been without a president since May 2014 when the term of Michel Suleiman ended without the election of a successor.
Ongoing disputes between the rival March 8 and 14 camps have thwarted the polls.
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