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Thursday, November 12, 2020
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
Macron’s envoy in Lebanon to save French rescue plan
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron meets top Lebanese officials in a desperate bid to save a plan Paris put forward to rescue the country’s agonizing economy.
Patrick Durel, who arrived in Beirut yesterday, holds talks with President Michel Aoun and other key players, including parliament speaker Nabih Berri.
A statement from the presidency quotes Aoun as saying that he “adheres to the French initiative, which is in the interest of the country.”
Yet Lebanon’s ruling class has ignored the deadlines set by France, which has spearheaded efforts to stop the country’s collapse since a crushing currency crisis and a cataclysmic explosion at Beirut port.
— AFP
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