Lebanese Forces Party leader, Samir Geagea, received on Wednesday in Maarab, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, and an accompanying delegation.
The meeting took place in the presence of the Party’s Executive Committee member, former MP Eddy Abi Lamaa, and the Party’s foreign relations apparatus’ Head, former Minister Richard Kouyoumjian.
During the meeting, discussions reportedly touched on the political, military and security developments that the country is currently witnessing.
Geagea stressed that “the actual and permanent solution to the current situation is to restore the Lebanese state’s decision and extend its authority on all its territories, and to implement international resolutions, particularly resolutions 1701 and 1559, and enable the state’s military and security institutions, the Lebanese army at the foremost, to impose their sovereignty over all Lebanese territories.”
Regarding the presidential elections, Geagea stressed the need ‘to have a pre
sident as soon as possible to advance the state’s institutions…However, not just any president, but rather an active president who exercises real authority, is capable of making decisions, and has a strategic vision.’
The LF leader also raised the issue of displacement from some Lebanese areas and the need to accord top priority to the displaced Lebanese.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
