French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed, during his meeting at the Elysee Palace yesterday, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, his support for the "efforts" made by Head Al-Rahi to get Lebanon out of the "political deadlock", calling on all forces in the country mired in crises to elect a president "without delay". According to what was reported by the French Presidency (Elysee).

And the Elysee pointed out, in a statement carried by the French Press Agency, that Macron and Al-Rahi “expressed their deep concerns about the crisis” afflicting Lebanon and “the paralysis of institutions, which was exacerbated by the vacancy of the presidency more than seven months ago.”

He revealed that the French President and Patriarch Al-Rahi “agreed on the necessity of electing a President of the Republic without delay.” Macron also stressed the “necessity” for Lebanon's Christians to remain “at the heart of the sectarian and institutional balance of the Lebanese state.”