{"id":1767,"date":"2017-11-16T13:36:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T14:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/hariri-to-visit-france-saturday-amid-lebanon-political-deadlock\/"},"modified":"2017-11-16T13:36:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T14:36:50","slug":"hariri-to-visit-france-saturday-amid-lebanon-political-deadlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/hariri-to-visit-france-saturday-amid-lebanon-political-deadlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Hariri to visit France Saturday amid Lebanon political deadlock"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\tAoun said in a statement that Hariri and his family would arrive on Saturday in France, \u201cwhere he will rest for few days\u201d before returning to Beirut to make \u201ca decision regarding the resignation,\u201d Lebanon\u2019s state-run National News Agency reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe statement came shortly after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Twitter that the Lebanese premier would \u201csoon\u201d pay a visit to Paris.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\u201cFriendly and trusting meeting with Saad Hariri who will soon come to Paris at the invitation of the President (Emmanuel Macron),\u201d Le Drian said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tLe Drian arrived\u00a0in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Wednesday\u00a0evening, where he discussed political developments regarding Lebanon with Crown Prince Mohammed\u00a0bin Salman. He also held talks with Hariri in person on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tOn Wednesday, Macron invited Hariri and his family to France, apparently as a way-out for him to leave Saudi Arabia amid reports that the Riyadh regime is holding the prime minister against his will.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tTop Lebanese officials and senior politicians close to Hariri say he was forced to quit, and is being held by Saudi authorities. All political factions in Lebanon have called for Hariri\u2019s return to Beirut.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tEarlier on Thursday, Aoun welcomed Hariri’s decision to accept Macron\u2019s invitation, saying that he hoped it \u201copened the door for a resolution\u201d of the Lebanon political crisis.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t“I wait for the return of Hariri to decide the next move regarding the government,\u201d he said during a meeting with journalists.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAoun has refused to accept Hariri’s resignation and accused Saudi officials of holding him against his will.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe Lebanese president strongly denounced Hariri\u2019s prolonged stay in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, saying there was no reason for him not to return to Lebanon.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAlso on Thursday, Beirut-based\u00a0al-Akhbar\u00a0<\/em>daily\u00a0Arabic language\u00a0newspaper hailed the French proposal to end the political deadlock in Lebanon, writing \u201cSaudi Arabia suffers loss\u201d on its front page.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMeanwhile, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir \u201cdismissed\u201d allegations that the oil-rich kingdom was holding Hariri against his will.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\u201cThe accusation that the kingdom would hold a prime minister or a former prime minister is not true, especially a political ally like\u201d Hariri, Jubeir said during a press conference with his French counterpart in Riyadh.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tHariri announced his resignation in a televised statement on November 4, citing many reasons, including the security situation in Lebanon, for his sudden decision. He also said that he sensed a plot being hatched against his life.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tHariri accused Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement of meddling in Arab countries\u2019 affairs; an allegation the two have repeatedly denied.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tHariri became prime minister in 2016 after serving another term between November 2009 and June 2011.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIran has vehemently rejected Hariri\u2019s remarks, saying his resignation and rehashing of the \u201cunfounded and baseless\u201d allegations regularly leveled by Zionists, Saudis and the US were another scenario to create new tensions in Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\u201cThe sudden resignation of Mr. Hariri and its announcement in another country are not only regrettable and astonishing, but also indicative of him playing in a court that the ill-wishers in the region have laid out,\u201d Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi commented.<\/p>\n

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