Lebanon: newly-elected president receives visit from French president Macron

He is among the first major international leaders to visit Lebanon’s new president.

Emmanuel Macron’s twelve-hour visit comes just eight days after the presidential election that saw Aoun fill a position left vacant for over two years as a result of political power struggles and divisions.

The French presidency stated that it would support Aoun in the effort to “consolidate Lebanon’s sovereignty” and “maintain its unity”.

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