Paris wants Hariri … from Riyadh

The political forces extinguished their engines after the fall of the French initiative, so the fate of the next government hangs on two tracks: The first relates to the International Support Conference for Lebanon, which French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his country’s readiness to host in the middle of this month. This will be a favorable opportunity for Paris to float its role and initiative. As for the second track, it relates to the visit of the three presidents to Kuwait, as the information talked about their going in one plane, which means the possibility of returning heat to the relationship of President Michel Aoun and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri. The atmosphere between the two presidents was not good, and there are those who are betting on breaking the ice during the trip, and on the possibility of consensus on the direction of the next stage. On the other hand, while Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah escalated his stance on the French president’s words in his last speech, a meeting took place the next day between the outgoing French ambassador to Lebanon, Bruno Foche, and Hezbollah’s international relations official, Ammar al-Musawi. The meeting was previously coordinated between the two parties and comes within the framework of the farewell visits that Foche is carrying out. But the importance of this meeting lies in its timing, that is, after Sayyed Nasrallah’s speech. This is in the form, but in the content, nothing is new. On the Hezbollah side, there was nothing to be said after Nasrallah’s position. On the French side, the reasons that led to the failure of the initiative were presented. The ambassador made it clear that the Lebanese administration for the initiative was what thwarted it. The sources said that managing the government file will be different from what was previously mentioned, and that the composition rules have origins that stem from coordination with the parliamentary majority, and that the President of the Republic will not go to the invitation to parliamentary consultations before a prior agreement with the majority on the proposed name, and after agreement on the name will be negotiated with him on Authoring rules.

France will test the pulse of Saudi Arabia to determine the possibility of Hariri’s return to the Serail

The sources pointed out that «the French side sent a message to the concerned parties that he will talk again with Riyadh on the issue of Hariri’s assignment, and if it is still rejected, the other option is Najib Mikati or Tamam Salam, or other names in case there is no consensus on them. The sources pointed out that “Hariri has not given any indication yet, noting that he wants to return, but he is waiting for the Saudi response. While Aoun and MP Gebran Bassil refuse his return, Speaker Berri appears to be impatient, and Hezbollah is reluctant to discuss the matter, awaiting clarity.

Forces reject the initiative of Bkerke
In another context, and following the visit of the Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai in Bkerke two days ago, the information spoke about an attempt by the shepherd to feel the forces’ pulse about their position on a quadripartite meeting similar to the meeting that took place between the “four Maronite poles” in Diman years ago. According to Bkerke’s visitors, the patriarch is enthusiastic about “a quadriplegic meeting that gives strong and positive signals to the Christians.”

Al-Ra’i fails to gather the four “Maronite poles” because of my veto

However, the forces did not stand with the shepherd on the same wave and told him “their unwillingness to repeat the previous experience when an agreement was reached between Amin Gemayel, Michel Aoun, Samir Geagea, and Suleiman Franjieh regarding the presidential elections, but none of them accepted the other or moved away from his path if the doors were blocked. In front of him. This is in addition to Aoun’s suspension of these elections for two years by Hezbollah. The forces informed the sponsor, according to informed sources, that “there is no confidence in the head of the movement, Gebran Bassil, who disagreed with the declaration of intentions between them, so there is no point in a bilateral or quadripartite meeting if there is a specific political project.” They asked him to “obtain clear and explicit approval from Basil on the neutrality project without any change in its content, then they can meet together under the roof of Bkerke. But without a detailed and clear project, the meeting remains impossible ».

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