Gemayel to Meet Hariri in Paris as Jumblat Arrives for 'Private Trip'
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A meeting is expected to be held in the French capital Paris between Kataeb Party chief Amin Gemayel and al-Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri.
Al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Friday that the two leaders will hold talks in Paris although no prior appointment was arranged with Hariri.
Gemayel headed to France on Thursday to meet with Hariri and tackle with him the latest developments in Lebanon and the region, al-Liwaa newspaper said.
Sources close to the two parties didn't confirm or deny plans for such a meeting.
Meanwhile, Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat also traveled on Thursday to Paris for a private visit.
Al-Joumhouria had reported that a tripartite meeting would be held between Hariri, Gemayel and Jumblat, but the PSP leader denied that.
Jumblat “tells everyone who exerted efforts to fabricate these reports … that he is visiting Paris on a private trip and has no political meetings on his agenda,” the PSP said in a statement.
The Gemayel-Hariri meeting comes in a bid to reach a breakthrough concerning the country's political impasse and ahead of an expected meeting between Hariri and French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday.
Lebanon has been without a president since May when the tenure of Michel Suleiman ended.
Parliament has been unable to legislate over the boycott of several blocs, including the March 14 alliance's lawmakers and Change and Reform MPs. The paralysis is linked to the presidential deadlock.
The majority of the March 8 alliance's MPs have been causing a lack of quorum in sessions aimed at electing a president, leaving the country without a head of state.
H.K./Y.R.
03 October 2014, 10:38
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and I am about to slap the idiot out of you, but it would take too long!
03 October 2014, 11:22
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.... says the stalker who has no life, and who posts propaganda on the internet from his parent's basement 24/7 for minimum wage
03 October 2014, 11:56
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There is no need for a president and no need for an army commander.
Both posts are useless and will not change anything on the ground.
Same goes to other posts.
What we need is a bunch of good beggers asking for money and support from other countries
Leb is ruled by a bunch of sectarian thugs and will be that way for years to come
Until a new reiligon comes in and sweep out what we have now - the situation will never change
03 October 2014, 12:20
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no need for president or army commander
why you stopped here u should continue to the prime minister and head of parliament and so on
or just the Christian posts are your aim ya salafi wahabi
03 October 2014, 12:59
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Aoun is out and that will save the Christians from only having one third....
Even Sleiman Frangieh would be better than Aoun because he will never accept to reduce the rights of the Christians.
I don't like Gemayel because he is the one who led the country to the actual catastrophic situation.
03 October 2014, 13:05
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Xanax???? How did you know that HE is on 6 pills a day? The maximum dosage being 4 a day!!! Look at his eyes when he speaks...
Take HIM now to a mental clinic before he has a blackflash, falls down and breaks another arm....
03 October 2014, 17:35
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Clearly Aoun has been the destroyer of the Christians NOT their defender.
04 October 2014, 03:21
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Did you bend over or bend the iphone6? I figured I change the topic to avoid nightmares.
04 October 2014, 05:45
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Because Baroud, Kattar and the likes are too educated and not part of their Gangs (both sides). They need someone who they can have dirt on to use when they sit fit.
