The “five-party” Paris meeting ended up with nothing in theory. What happened, according to the few leaks, did not go beyond discussing some details with generalities, and reconnecting files with each other without going into the depth of the most important issue, which is the presidency of the republic.
The facts confirm that the Saudi estrangement appeared clearly through several signs, among which was the intention of the Saudi representative and agent for her file in Lebanon, Nizar Al-Aloula, to arrive about 3 hours late for the official meeting. On the other hand, France was not motivated to produce a president less negative when the spokeswoman for the French Foreign Ministry left the issue of calling for a new meeting vague, announcing that if there were any other meetings, they would be announced on time, and the rest became known by everyone.
The cold weather in the French capital gave the Lebanese interior a touch of coolness, and exacerbated matters, prompting a further postponement of the call for “folkloric” presidential elections and replacing them with a reactivation of the legislative circle under the name of the legislation of necessity, which finds itself justified just as the justification found itself. To meet the Council of Ministers even under the formula of caretaker business.
However, all this did not prevent the occurrence of political tours away from the limelight to monitor what is happening abroad, especially in Ain al-Tineh, which is seeking to find a presidential outlet useful in reactivating the “presidential sessions” so as not to open the door to accusations of obstruction, knowing that wasting time in The “legislation” will not last long.
It was learned that, after the end of the “Paris” meeting, Ain al-Tineh dispatched the political aide to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Representative Ali Hassan Khalil, to the Saudi ambassador in Beirut, Walid al-Bukhari, to explore the atmosphere he received. Their meeting lasted about two hours, during which they discussed common affairs, especially the issue of Presidential file.
It was said that Khalil, who entered the meeting believing that Riyadh does not place any veto on the candidate of the Amal movement and Hezbollah, the head of the “Marada” movement, and former minister Suleiman Franjieh, left after it was proven to him otherwise. This atmosphere, which was conveyed to other parties close to the Shiite duo, further complicated matters and increased the belief that the presidential vacancy is “long”, and that the possibilities for Franjieh’s arrival in light of what is happening are “difficult”, if not non-existent.
Corresponding to this atmosphere, another talks about the Saudi intransigence, which has recently begun to become apparent regarding the issue of Suleiman Franjieh’s candidacy, may have come in response to a confrontational atmosphere, European-American, that pushes for the passage or conclusion of an internal-external settlement that is likely to transfer Franjieh to Baabda Palace. The Saudi may find himself a loser in it, as long as he does not see that he can currently thwart any Lebanese progress on the level of the Yemeni file, as long as the Iranian side put the entire file in the custody of the head of the Ansar Allah movement, Abd al-Malik al-Houthi, and left the Lebanese file under the management of the Secretary-General of Hezbollah. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
