French President Emmanuel Macron calls for speedy international backing for disaster-struck Lebanon and urged its leaders to prevent “chaos” as he opens an emergency aid conference following Beirut’s deadly port blast.
Macron hosts US President Donald Trump and other world leaders for the virtual conference to drum up aid for Lebanon, as the UN says some $117 million will be needed over the next three months for the emergency response.
“The objective today is to act quickly and effectively to coordinate our aid on the ground so that it goes as efficiently as possible to the Lebanese people,” Macron tells the conference also attended by Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun, UN aid coordinator Mark Lowcock, representatives of the World Bank, the Red Cross, the IMF, the EU, the Arab League and several Middle Eastern leaders.
Israel, with whom Lebanon has no diplomatic relations, wasn’t on the list of participants, nor Iran which wields huge influence in Lebanon through the Shiite terror group Hezbollah.
— AFP
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