Macron 'Advises' Trump to Consider Sensitive Lebanese Situation

W460

On the U.S. sanctions on Iran, the French President has reportedly “advised” his U.S. counterpart to take the situation in Lebanon into account when imposing sanctions on Iran (and it’s Lebanese ally Hizullah) warning it may have undesirable consequences, Asharq al-Awsat reported on Monday.

Quoting diplomatic sources, the daily said President Emmanuel Macron advised President Donald Trump to “take into account the special situation in Lebanon,” as per its sanctions on Iran, warning of the "consequences that could make anti-Hizbullah political parties change positions and back it instead.”

The source stressed "the uniqueness and diversity of the Lebanese society and the need to approach its problems with wisdom and knowledge."

He pointed to “the importance of adopting a defense strategy to end armed presence weakening the (Lebanese) state, and the need for replacing it with legitimate forces.”

Adding that “Lebanon is partly blamed for a delay in setting a defense strategy.”

He also spoke of “classified reports” without giving any details, that “Lebanon received information that may be invoked by Israel as a pretext to launch war and that Lebanon has not dealt with it seriously.”

He noted that contacts between France and the United States addressed said information, and that the “US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned of this during his recent visit to Lebanon.”

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Thumb kanaanljdid 30 April 2019, 18:50

Trump, Président légitime et qui améliore le quotidien des Américains, pourrait rappeler à ce Président Macron qui ne représente que 20% de son peuple de considérer la situation sociale sensible que ce même Macron a contribué à aggraver lorsqu'il était ministre sous Hollande...