Emmanuel Macron reassured the Lebanese in his speech: “There is a diplomatic path”
Emmanuel Macron spoke directly to the Lebanese in a video on social networks on Thursday evening and gave them an assurance. “There is a diplomatic path” and this “War is not inevitable”.
“Nobody is interested in escalating tensions”The French president said the following after the deadly explosions of Hezbollah transmission devices, which the pro-Iran movement attributed to Israel. “Nothing, no regional adventure, no special interest, no allegiance to a cause deserves to trigger a conflict in Lebanon”He added that France had given assurances. “parties” Lebanon.
Emmanuel Macron spoke on the phone on Thursday with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nabih Berri and Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces Joseph Aoun, as well as with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He pays tribute in his video “Civilian victims of this week’s attacks”. “Lebanon cannot live in fear of imminent war as your country continues to overcome its difficulties. I am telling you very clearly, as I have told everyone, that we must reject this inevitability,” he said.He insisted that it was up to Lebanese political leaders to decide “I also act in this sense”.
“You need a president more than ever to lead the country in the face of the threats that are being imposed upon you.”he added, but Lebanese leaders have been unable to name even one for months. “I know that in confusion, in sadness, hope is a rare thing. In this turmoil, in this pain, France is with you”he concluded.
