EU's Borrell tours Lebanese officials-[REPORT]

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EU's Borrell tours Lebanese officials-[REPORT]
President Michel Aoun met on Saturday with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell at the Baabda Presidential Palace.
 
Following the meeting, Borrell expressed the European Union’s solidarity with the Lebanese people, voicing readiness to provide support. 

“But we cannot provide assistance without reforms," he added.
 
“We have great resources and our intention is to help Lebanon to re-launch its economy,” Borrell went on by saying.
 
“But before doing so, we have to see the implementation of reforms and the Lebanese leaders must assume their responsibilities and form a government,” he stressed.
 
He pointed out that "Lebanon is on the verge of falling into financial collapse due to mismanagement,” adding that “it is not fair to say that the crisis in Lebanon is caused by the refugees."
 
He also voiced hopes that things will not reach the stage of imposing sanctions on Lebanese leaders, adding however the matter requires cooperation from Lebanon.

On another note, he said that the parliamentary elections should take place on time, adding that the EU is ready to monitor if an invitation to do so was received.
 
Borrell then met with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el-Tineh.
 
During the meeting, Berri said that the obstacles hindering the formation of a new government is internal only.
 
Borrell and the accompanying delegation then headed to the Bayt al-Wasat where he met with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri.
 
Discussions focused on the latest political developments in the country and the bilateral relations between Lebanon and the EU. 
 
 
The EU's envoy also met with Caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab at the Grand Serail, heading a delegation which included: the Head of Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon Ambassador Ralph Tarraf, Mr. Pedro Serrano, Head of Borrell’s Cabinet Mr. Carl Hallergard, Deputy Managing Director of North Africa, Middle East, Arab Peninsula, Iraq and Iran at the European External Action Service Mr. Rafael Daerr, EC Member of Cabinet Ms. Esther Orsini-Rosenberg, EC Communication Advisor, and Ms. Hannah Severin,  Political Officer at the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon, in the presence of Ministers Raoul Nehme and Ramzi Musharrafieh, as well as PM Advisor for Diplomatic Affairs Ambassador Gebran Soufan. 
 
During the meeting, Diab briefed the delegation on the difficulties that Lebanon is going through, namely on the financial and economic levels, especially since the delay in forming the government, as a result of political bickering,  exacerbates the crises and increases the suffering of the people, hoping to speed up the approval of the draft ration card by the Parliament, which was previously sent by the government with securing its funding sources to support about 750 000 vulnerable families; PM Diab requested the European Union's assistance in this regard. 
 
Diab also stressed that the key  solution to the financial, economic and living crisis lies in the formation of a new government that would resume the negotiations that the current government had started with the International Monetary Fund, and on the basis of the financial recovery plan developed by the government and that needs to be updated first. Diab added that the caretaker government did not fail to fulfill its duties, in accordance with the Constitution, to facilitate citizens' lives and alleviate their suffering.
 
He also praised the bilateral relations and partnership between Lebanon and the European Union.
 
For his part, Borrell affirmed the European Union's interest in taking stock at the prevailing situation in Lebanon, and examining the various governmental, economic and social challenges and their repercussions at all levels.  He also expressed the European Union's readiness to help Lebanon and its people in overcoming the difficult crises.
 
Borrell then met with Caretaker Defense Minister Zeina Akar and held another meeting with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Major General Joseph Aoun.
 
 
 
To watch the full report, please click on the video above. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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