France’s President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Beirut hours after Lebanese leaders named diplomat Mustapha Adib as the new prime minister on Monday under French pressure.
Macron pressed for reforms aimed at dragging the country out of a financial abyss.
With its economy devastated by a financial crisis, a swathe of Beirut in tatters following a huge port explosion on August 4, and sectarian tensions rising, Lebanon is facing the biggest threat to its stability since the 1975-90 civil war.
Macron was greeted at the airport by President Michel Aoun in the French leader’s second visit in less than a month.
The French president is expected to push Lebanese politicians to enact reforms that donors have demanded to tackle corruption and waste before they will release financial support.
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