A delegation from the Lebanese Forces was received in Doha on Monday by Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammad Al-Khoulaifi. The delegation includes MPs Pierre Bou Assi and Melhem Riachi, along with Joseph Jbeily, a member of the party’s executive committee. They are scheduled to meet with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammad Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Tuesday.
The meetings are part of a series of visits to Qatar by various Lebanese parties, focusing on the presidential deadlock. Recent visitors include political advisor to Speaker Nabih Berri and MP, Ali Hassan Khalil, caretaker Minister of Economy Amin Salam, and former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Joumblatt.
Qatar has played a leading role in the Quintet, alongside the USA, France, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, to facilitate the election of a President of the Republic.
In this context, these visits to Doha are fuelling the possibility of a second Doha conference, similar to the one held in 2008, which enabled General Michel Sleiman to ascend to the presidency.
