Qatar's Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al-Khulaifi held recently a number of meetings with Lebanese spiritual and political leaders, which highlighted the difference between Qatar and France's approach in dealing with the presidential issue.
According to well-informed sources, Paris is likely the only side that is pushing for electing former Minister Sleiman Franjieh as Lebanon's president, within the framework of a settlement that includes appointing Former Ambassador Nawaf Salam as prime minister, and IMF director in the Middle East and Africa, former Minister Jihad Azour, as governor of the Banque du Liban, to succeed Riad Salameh.
