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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