Reports: Bassil Planning to Visit Iran Soon
Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil is planning to visit Tehran later in the week as the new leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, several local newspapers reported on Tuesday.
The dailies said the visit of Bassil, who took over the FPM leadership from his father-in-law MP Michel Aoun last month, would come ahead of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's trip to Paris to meet with his French counterpart Francois Hollande.
According to the reports, Bassil's meetings with Iranian officials would tackle bilateral relations and the developments in the region.
The talks between the Iranian and French leaders are also expected to tackle the presidential deadlock in Lebanon.
But Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammed Fathali said on Monday that the presidential crisis is a local issue.
“We hope to see a strong president in Lebanon,” he added.
Baabda Palace has been vacant since President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ended in May last year.
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