Quintet ambassadors meet Franjieh as they resume presidential mission

Quintet ambassadors meet Franjieh as they resume presidential mission

| Wednesday 17 April 2024

The ambassadors of the five-nation group for Lebanon met Wednesday Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh in Bnashii, as they resumed their efforts to end the presidential impasse in Lebanon.

The quintet's ambassadors held Tuesday a consultative meeting at the residence of the Egyptian envoy and will meet this week with several parliamentary blocs.

Crisis-hit Lebanon has been without a president since Michel Aoun's term ended in October 2022, with neither of the two main blocs -- Hezbollah and its opponents -- having the majority required to elect one.

The international community and the five-nation group have long urged Lebanese leaders to end months of political wrangling and stem the financial meltdown.

Egyptian Ambassador Alaa Moussa told al-Joumhouria newspaper, in remarks published Wednesday, that the quintet is less interested in the details than it is in the bigger picture.

He said the ambassadors do not give great importance to details, such as how the blocs will meet to discuss the name of a president, who will chair the meeting and whether it would be called "a dialogue" or "consultations". "We are looking for ways to reach an agreement on the broad lines," he said.

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