Macron Plans to Visit Lebanon to Help Break The Weekslong War of Words Standoff Published December 16th, 2020 - 07:12 GMT
French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he attends a meeting with members of the Citizens Convention on Climate (CCC) about their proposals to fight against global warming, in Paris on December 14, 2020. Thibault Camus / POOL / AFP
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“With no chance to resolve the Cabinet crisis internally, Lebanese popular and political attention is focused on President Macron’s visit to Beirut next week in the hope it will help achieve a breakthrough in the government formation gridlock,” the source
With the Cabinet formation process hitting a dead-end after the eruption of a “war of words” between President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, reflecting wide differences over the makeup of a new government, attention is focused on a new visit to Lebanon by French President Emmanuel Macron next week to help break the weekslo