January 17, 2025 Meet the Middle East

Macron announces aid conference to rebuild Lebanon

France's president said Friday that Paris will soon host an aid conference to help rebuild Lebanon after the Israel-Hezbollah war last year, as he visited Beirut in a show of support for Lebanon's new leaders.After a vacancy of more than two years, Joseph Aoun was elected president on January 9 and named Nawaf Salam as prime minister-designate."In the middle of winter, spring has sprung," Macron said at a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart."You are this hope," he said, referring to Aoun and Salam.
Source: Al Monitor
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