French special presidential envoy for Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, on Tuesday arrived in Beirut for talks with a number of Lebanese leaders and officials over the country’s presidential election crisis.
House Speaker, Nabih Berri, met in Ain Al-Tineh with Le Drian, in the presence of French Ambassador to Lebanon, Anne Grillo.
Political sources reported that Le Drian will reflect an escalated stance which threatens the parliamentary blocs “hindering the vote”, adding that Qatar, supported by the United States and Egypt is trying to promote the army commander-in-chief for presidency away from the French initiative.
The sources noted that the G5 states would be completely mistaken if they considered that they can impose their candidate despite the rejection of the opposing forces.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
