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Macron names French ex-minister Lebanon special envoy: presidency

French former FM Jean-Yves Le Drian named as President Emmanuel Macron’s personal envoy for Lebanon, in a new bid to end the country's political crisis. (AFP/File)
French former FM Jean-Yves Le Drian named as President Emmanuel Macron’s personal envoy for Lebanon, in a new bid to end the country's political crisis. (AFP/File)
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08 Jun 2023 02:06:40 GMT9
08 Jun 2023 02:06:40 GMT9
  • Le Drian will be charged with helping to find a "consensual and efficient" solution to the crisis

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has named his former foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian as his personal envoy for Lebanon, in a new bid to end the country’s political crisis, the presidency said on Wednesday.

Le Drian, who served for five years as foreign minister up to 2022, will be charged with helping to find a “consensual and efficient” solution to the crisis which has only intensified after the deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion, said a presidential official, asking not to be named.

AFP

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