Macron promises €100m for Lebanon at aid conference in Paris

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and French President Emmanuel Macron during an international press conference in support of Lebanon in Paris on 24 October, 2024. via REUTERS - ALAIN JOCARD

AP (Paris) – France will provide a €100 million aid package to support Lebanon, French President Emmanuel Macron told an international conference Thursday in Paris.

Macron said “in the immediate term, massive aid is needed for the Lebanese population, both for the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the war and for the communities hosting them.”