Head of the “Independence Movement” Michel Moawad, on Friday said in a statement after his meeting with the French presidential envoy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, at the Pine Residence in Beirut: ‘Today, I met the French presidential envoy, Jean-Yves Le Drian, at the Pine Palace, in the presence of the French Ambassador, Anne Grillo, and a team from the embassy, followed by an expanded meeting with my colleagues in the ‘Renewal Bloc’ Fouad Makhzoumi and Ashraf Rifi, while MP Adib Abdelmassih apologized due to his presence abroad.’ Moawad added: ‘During the meeting, I valued the constant French concern for Lebanon and the development in the French approach, which is based on the need to elect a president for the republic as soon as possible in preservation of stability and as a gateway for the regularity of institutions, as well as respecting the Lebanese parliamentary, political and popular will that rejects the logic of imposition and obstruction.” Moawad also stressed that there is no stability or solution except with everyone’s return to the state and respect for its sovereignty, constitution, laws and institutions.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon