Report: Tehran may join five-nation group on Lebanon
A source close to a senior leader participating in the five-nation group on the Lebanese presidential file said that the group might expand to resemble the famous 5+1 format after Iran joins it in a certain manner.”
“There have been communications aimed at achieving this goal,” the source told the Lebanese ad-Diyar newspaper in remarks published Sunday. Representatives from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, the US, and France have held two meetings thus far to discuss the urgent need for Lebanon’s leadership to hold the much-delayed presidential elections and implement vital economic reforms.
Another informed source claimed that the French presidential envoy for Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian will arrive in Beirut on Tuesday and will amend the roadmap he had launched on his first visit.
“He will not raise the idea of holding a dialogue table, but he will stress Paris’ readiness to work for helping Lebanon and aiding the Lebanese exit the current crisis and elect a president,” the source added. “Political circles believe that the crisis will likely protract, in the absence of serious solution indications,” the daily said.