A former minister reportedly said that if Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri accepts French President Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to visit Paris, it would constitute a major breakthrough for Lebanon to negotiate a way out of the crisis. A source close to Ain el-Tineh also reported that Berri’s visit to Paris could take place around mid-May.
In addition, Western diplomatic sources indicate that, following a Franco-American agreement on the management of the Lebanese crisis, Macron is considering a visit to Lebanon, armed with two proposals: one to resolve the Syrian migrant crisis, and the other to facilitate and accelerate the election of a president.
