President Michel Aoun stressed that the refugee crisis continues to weigh down its burden on Lebanon on all levels, noting that the position of the International Community over the refugees’ return remains unclear.
Addressing members of the accredited diplomatic corps at the Baabda palace, Aoun raised concerned over this insistence to keep the refugees in Lebanon, pointing out that “there could be a plan to force the Lebanese people to emigrate to facilitate the mysterious and suspicious solutions that loom in the horizon.”
“The essence of the Lebanese Democracy is based on agreement as a priority, and from this point we are working to reach agreement in order to form the new cabinet in partnership with the Prime Minister-designate,” he stated.