(8 Jan 2025)
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Beirut, Lebanon – 8 January 2025
1. Various of convoy of French president’s special envoy to Lebanon and former Foreign Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, arriving to meet Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri
2. Le Drian arriving
3. Le Drian meeting with Berri
4. Berri speaking
5. Le Drian listening to Berri
6. Various of meeting
7. Le Drian’s convoy leaving
STORYLINE:
The French president’s special envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, met on Wednesday with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.
Lebanon’s parliament is scheduled to meet on Thursday to elect a president.
Le Drian, who will attend the session, is working alongside members of the Quintet—France, the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt—to push for a resolution to the prolonged political stalemate.
His visit comes as part of ongoing efforts to "enable the Lebanese to elect a president, in accordance with the principles agreed upon in Doha in July 2023," according to a statement from his office.
On Tuesday, Le Drian arrived in Beirut to mediate the election of a president, as Lebanon remains without one more than two years after the end of former President Michel Aoun’s term in October 2022.
Since Aoun’s departure, Lebanon’s deeply divided parliament has repeatedly failed to elect a successor, with no consensus on a candidate amid sharp political and sectarian divides.
Le Drian urged lawmakers to reach a consensus, emphasising that electing a president is "the first step toward the urgent reactivation of Lebanon’s institutions and the restoration of the country’s sovereignty," according to the statement.
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