Forty-eight hours after the failure of the Lebanese Parliament to elect a President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed ben Salman, “recalled the need to quickly put an end to the institutional political vacancy in the Lebanon”. During an interview on Friday June 16 in Paris, the two leaders stressed that the absence of a president for eight months “remains the major obstacle to a resolution of the severe socio-economic crisis”. In Lebanon, the main political forces are sticking to their guns while awaiting the results of Franco-Saudi contacts.
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Crisis in Lebanon: politicians await the result of Franco-Saudi contacts
