LF Tells Aoun that Riyadh Backs 'Rapprochement' with FPM
Lebanese Forces official Melhem Riachi informed Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun on Thursday that Saudi Arabia encourages the rapprochement between the two parties.
Riachi, who is LF chief Samir Geagea's envoy, delivered a message to Aoun during a visit he made to Rabieh that Riyadh “backs and encourages Christian rapprochement,” local media reported.
The LF official met with Aoun in the presence of Change and Reform bloc MP Ibrahim Kanaan.
The meeting was intended to brief the Change and Reform leader on the results of Geagea's meetings in Saudi Arabia.
Geagea was in the Saudi capital earlier this week where he met with top Saudi officials and al-Mustaqbal Movement chief ex-PM Saad Hariri.
Last month, Aoun and Geagea announced a declaration of intent, calling for “the election of a strong president who is embraced by his community and capable of reassuring the other components of the country.”
The presidential candidates agreed to strengthen state institutions, not to resort to arms or violence and to support the army.
They also stressed commitment to dialogue and underlined “their faith in Lebanon, the coexistence formula and the Constitution.”
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