Political sources evaluating the first day of the visit by French special envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian to Lebanon indicate that he did not bring any new initiatives or ideas to advance his mission. During meetings with officials and politicians, he primarily listened to their assessments of the message he sent to the leaders of parliamentary blocs and several deputies, discussed their responses, and exchanged views on their vision for resolving the crisis and expediting the end of the presidential vacuum and the election of a President of the Republic, without delving into any specific names.
The sources noted in their conversation with "Al-Liwaa" that based on the content of the questions and inquiries raised by Le Drian with his interlocutors, he did not call for a dialogue preceding the presidential elections as rumored. Instead, he is trying as much as possible to bring the views of the concerned parties closer to one another and to extract converging positions that could serve as common ground for building upon and launching solutions for the presidential election crisis.
The sources highlighted that a key aspect of this French presidential envoy's tour was his visit to Army Commander General Joseph Aoun in Yarze. This visit came to the forefront of his mission, carrying significant meanings and indicators regarding the presidential entitlement, despite Le Drian's efforts to avoid mentioning any names of presidential candidates and limiting his discussions to exploring the stances of those he met regarding how to end the presidential vacuum and elect a President of the Republic.
The sources ruled out any conclusive outcomes from the visit of the French presidential envoy before understanding the positions and responses of all concerned officials and political parties, to determine the next step in his mission, which has shown through his discussions that it enjoys the support and backing of the five-nation meeting, contrary to what some are trying to promote otherwise.
