The White House said, in a report issued on Saturday, that the US wants to make sure that there are no more failed states in the Middle East region, noting that “Lebanon had all the signs of a potential failed state.”

“We worked quite hard, quite quietly, but Dorothy Shea, our ambassador in Beirut, and working with France and others, and to — plus putting sanctions on particularly corrupt individuals of Lebanon’s political system,” the report claimed.

The report allegeded that the administration “is making clear that the only people that can save Lebanon are the Lebanese and particularly the Lebanese political leaders who have to make hard choices to save their country.”

According to the report, the US administration is in close touch with Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

“Our Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, has traveled to Beirut and our Senior Advisor on Energy at the State Department, Amos Hochstein, has traveled to Beirut, working on very important Egypt-Lebanon gas deal with backing for the World Bank,” he added.

“The deal is getting underway and we think is quite important for maintaining stability and trying to get Lebanon out of the crisis that it’s in,” the report added.