French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday described Hizbullah as a representative of “a part of the Lebanese people,” as he denied being behind the nomination of Mustafa Adib for the PM post.

“I don’t know the man, who was designated following binding parliamentary consultations… and we hope he enjoys the needed competency,” Macron told reporters at the blast-hit Beirut port.

The army intervened after gunshots were fired in Khalde Tuesday following the return to the area of a man involved in the recent sectarian clashes there.

“Gunshots were fired in the Khalde area at the southern entrance of Dawhet Aramoun,” the National News Agency said.

Visiting French President Emanuel Macron said Tuesday he is ready to host a second aid conference for blast-hit Lebanon next month. 

Governor of Central Bank of Lebanon Riad Salameh reiterated in remarks to Sky News Arabia on Tuesday, that the bank can not use all its obligatory foreign reserves to subsidize medicine, oil and wheat once it reaches the minimum threshold.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited the blast site in Beirut port on Tuesday and held meetings with representatives of the United Nations and civil society organizations tasked to help rebuild the port after the colossal August 4 explosion.

France reportedly considers the situation in crisis-hit Lebanon as “very difficult” and that French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts will not stop at making officials in Lebanon designate a new PM, but will also make sure that a “productive” government capable of reforms is formed,” Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Visiting French President Emmanuel Macron held late talks on Monday with ex-PM Saad Hariri at his Pine Residence in Beirut, Hariri’s media office reported.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beirut Monday for his second visit since a deadly explosion on August 4 shook the nation and fueled a drive for political change.

Macron, who first flew to Beirut only two days after the blast, arrived at 9 pm (1800 GMT) for a two-day visit that will include a ceremony marking the centenary of Greater Lebanon.

A second European Union (EU) Humanitarian Air bridge flight lands in Beirut on Monday, delivering 12 tons of essential humanitarian supplies and medical equipment, including a mobile hospital and face masks.

In his first move after being appointed as Lebanon’s premier-designate, Mustafa Adib visited the historic neighborhood of Gemmayzeh, one of the areas hardest-hit by the catastrophic Beirut port explosion.

Donning an immaculate white shirt, tie and medical face mask, Adib tried to chat with residents -- something which no other senior Lebanese politician has done. Outgoing ministers Marie-Claude Najm and Tarek al-Majzoub had tried to inspect the area days after the blast but were chased away by residents and activists.