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French president to visit Lebanon Sunday

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French President Francois Hollande is planning to arrive in Beirut on Sunday for a three-hour meeting with his Lebanese counterpart President Michel Suleiman, As Safir newspaper reported on Friday.

A high-ranking official at the Baabda presidential palace confirmed the report and said they will have breakfast together and then hold a press conference.”

A diplomatic source told As Safir that the “significance of this visit is that it comes amid the delicate situation that Lebanon and the region are passing through.”

The source told the daily that “this visit is to express France’s solidarity with Lebanon and its support to the constitutional institutions in the country… as it backs Suleiman’s efforts to maintain stability and security.”

The source noted that France is committed to Lebanon’s “security, stability, independence and sovereignty.”

The assassination of Internal Security Forces Intelligence chief Wissam al-Hassan last October 19 escalated the political crisis in between the March 14-led opposition and the March 8 alliance.

Suleiman is trying to ease the tension by promoting for resumption of the national dialogue talks however, the opposition is insisting on the resignation of the cabinet as a main condition before any dialogue talks.

This is Hollande’s first trip to Lebanon as the head of the state.

Photo:French President Francois Hollande (R) and his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman take part in a meeting at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, on July 12, 2012. AFP PHOTO / POOL / PHILIPPE WOJAZER

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  1. general10452 Avatar
    general10452

    who is more stupid? hollande or suleiman?

    1. PeaceintheME Avatar
      PeaceintheME

      Brother, you wrote this 7 hours ago and I am still trying to work out who is more stupid. I still can not
      differentiate between the both. lol

  2. general10452 Avatar
    general10452

    who is more stupid? hollande or suleiman?

    1. PeaceintheME Avatar
      PeaceintheME

      Brother, you wrote this 7 hours ago and I am still trying to work out who is more stupid. I still can not
      differentiate between the both. lol

  3. john jones Avatar
    john jones

    The source noted that France is committed to Lebanon’s “security, stability, independence and sovereignty.”

    Which translates to “we wont lift a finger while Israel continues to occupy your villages in the south and breaches your airspace. We will continue to work with the US and other governments to control and manipulate the region to suit our desires and we will always meddle in Lebanon’s internal affairs”.

    1. general10452 Avatar
      general10452

      buddy; france has no power to lift any finger except the middle one symbolically when usa asks her to do so; only one rusted jet carrier and a nonfunctional submarine: clemenceau and charles de gaulles

    2. general10452 Avatar
      general10452

      imagine one day, the middle eastern powers united (iran + turkey too) and, together with the rebel balkan (very theoretical hypothesis) encircling europe simultaneously with a salafi revolution within the demographically fragilised european countries….if europe was not falling financially, this might have been plan B for USA before implementing plan A which is iran turkey war

  4. john jones Avatar
    john jones

    The source noted that France is committed to Lebanon’s “security, stability, independence and sovereignty.”

    Which translates to “we wont lift a finger while Israel continues to occupy your villages in the south and breaches your airspace. We will continue to work with the US and other governments to control and manipulate the region to suit our desires and we will always meddle in Lebanon’s internal affairs”.

    1. general10452 Avatar
      general10452

      buddy; france has no power to lift any finger except the middle one symbolically when usa asks her to do so; only one rusted jet carrier and a nonfunctional submarine: clemenceau and charles de gaulles

    2. general10452 Avatar
      general10452

      imagine one day, the middle eastern powers united (iran + turkey too) and, together with the rebel balkan (very theoretical hypothesis) encircling europe simultaneously with a salafi revolution within the demographically fragilised european countries….if europe was not falling financially, this might have been plan B for USA before implementing plan A which is iran turkey war

  5. breakthemould Avatar
    breakthemould

    Do we have a statue of the unknown soldier in Lebanon? – if yes then we should have him or suggest to him that he visits it. Just like these people always rush to the museum of the holocaust whenever they go to Israel. Only a short time ago he was receiving Netanyhoo and meeting him near a place where one jewish person was killed. I have sympathy with this and don’t raise any observation – except to say, we in Lebanon have had numerous persons killed in violence of Wars. LET THEM COME AND PAY THEIR RESPECT, LET THIS BE THE NORM FOR FOREIGN DIGNITARIES. LET US BE AS GOOD AS THE JEWS. FOR GOD’S SAKE AS A MINIMUM.

    1. general10452 Avatar
      general10452

      of course we have a statue of the unknown soldier; what is president suleiman according to you? what about his predecessor (though a personal friend of mine)? both are statues; dont you think so; both are unknown soldiers, i have to admit very well known in saloons but not on the battlefield; however, hollande is a much much much bigger statue; he is probably transmitting a message from the obama administration which believes that president suleiman’s english is not so great and would rather understand french; france is economically collapsing yet this french statue is losing his time visiting unimportant people to pretend he is doing something; he is just a postman; maybe he wants to be the first to have a contract with lebanese oil extraction industry in the mediterranean sea

      1. Prophettttt Avatar
        Prophettttt

        One differences between This stooge president of ours and his predecessor  is that  This one decided to stay in the middle of the road,while Your friend decided to take a position and stick with it,and that deserves some respect, whether one agrees with his position or not. We all know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road,they get run over.While listening to this president delivering his”acceptance speech”  in Parliament, I became convinced that not only He was a coincidental,and indecisive president, but  an opportunist and a butt kisser.Worst is that He speaks as He was a real president with power.

        1. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          Entertain me here for a second… How can you blame a president who comes to (so called) power when the position is stripped of most of its capabilities? How can you blame a president where every head of a sect is a president (often with power)? How can you blame a president who was assigned by Syria and not by Lebanese? All he can do is TRY to be an arbitrator within set limits. How can you blame a president whose army will shatter if he makes one stand that offend another sect? How can you blame a president when there is a stronger army than his national army running the lives of most Lebanese by the power of weapons? 
          I am not saying he is strong or weak… All what I am saying is that if I were in his shoes I would quit because the presidency of Lebanon has been reduced by the moslems to a piece of paper you can wipe your a_ss with. The only person who stood against stripping the Presidency from its powers was General Aoun and he is still against it. (NOT that I am a fan of his… I stopped being a fan the minute he stepped foot in Syria NOT because of his alliance with HA). 
          Now if you would like to ponder on why was that done? It was pure sectarian racism like everything in Lebanon… By doing so they stripped the Christians of their role in Lebanese politics and handed it to the Sunnis… Then they build a state for the Shiites to block anything the Sunnis want to do. A formula which prevents Lebanon and the Lebanese of any actions or activities. Lebanon is now crippled like a ship at sea with no rudder in a storm.
          Give back the presidency its powers… create ONE national army… and then gradually work on changing the sectarian system. Else Lebanon will stay as such… People without a nation, land with no country.

        2. tayyyar10452 Avatar
          tayyyar10452

          sorry i am using you to reply to hannibal; i see that now hannibal is more courageous in expressing his views than before; glad to notice this; i never said he is not courageous but he was trying to give a zone of grey to his ideas; i totally agree with him and i will even be more explicit: all presidents designated after the taef accord, imposed upon us by saoudi arabia, brokered by damascus being bribed by saoudi money (hafez assad got billions of dollars from saoudi arabia presumably to defend the sunnahs and got many other billions to implement the taef accord), so all presidents after the taef accord were chosen because they were the most inert and passive ones; i do not recognise any of them as legal personally at least they are not constiututional according to my opinion; they are de facto presidents; and all the prime ministers after the taef accord were salafis particularly the hariri line; maybe not miquati; the prime ministers stole the prerogatives of the president according to this treacherous imposed taef accord. Hizbollah war with israel was a real internal revolution: the result was the shift of power from the salafis to hizbollah; hizbollah has all the interests of the world in restituting back the prerogatives of the president from a salafi saoudi designated prime minister to a more western open president; hence my support to hizbollah; mind you the actual administration of hizbollah, to my opinion, is the most clever one on the ground: they are avoiding the traps set to them by the salafis and the hariris to ignite a sunna shia war in Lebanon; how long can hizbollah resist this, i do not know; all i wish is that this sunna shia inevitable war spares Lebanon and that hariris and geagea3is and assir imams leave this country and go exert their jihad in saoudi arabia or even in syria: Lebanon does not need their jihad; let us live; even though i disagree wiht this donquichotte amine gemayyel he said one thing which i abide with: a3touna assalam wa khouzou ma yourhisha al 3alam

        3. tayyyar10452 Avatar
          tayyyar10452

          sorry i am using you to reply to hannibal; i see that now hannibal is more courageous in expressing his views than before; glad to notice this; i never said he is not courageous but he was trying to give a zone of grey to his ideas; i totally agree with him and i will even be more explicit: all presidents designated after the taef accord, imposed upon us by saoudi arabia, brokered by damascus being bribed by saoudi money (hafez assad got billions of dollars from saoudi arabia presumably to defend the sunnahs and got many other billions to implement the taef accord), so all presidents after the taef accord were chosen because they were the most inert and passive ones; i do not recognise any of them as legal personally at least they are not constiututional according to my opinion; they are de facto presidents; and all the prime ministers after the taef accord were salafis particularly the hariri line; maybe not miquati; the prime ministers stole the prerogatives of the president according to this treacherous imposed taef accord. Hizbollah war with israel was a real internal revolution: the result was the shift of power from the salafis to hizbollah; hizbollah has all the interests of the world in restituting back the prerogatives of the president from a salafi saoudi designated prime minister to a more western open president; hence my support to hizbollah; mind you the actual administration of hizbollah, to my opinion, is the most clever one on the ground: they are avoiding the traps set to them by the salafis and the hariris to ignite a sunna shia war in Lebanon; how long can hizbollah resist this, i do not know; all i wish is that this sunna shia inevitable war spares Lebanon and that hariris and geagea3is and assir imams leave this country and go exert their jihad in saoudi arabia or even in syria: Lebanon does not need their jihad; let us live; even though i disagree wiht this donquichotte amine gemayyel he said one thing which i abide with: a3touna assalam wa khouzou ma yourhisha al 3alam

        4. Prophettttt Avatar
          Prophettttt

          Hannibal&10452. I don’t disagree with anything You said about the weakened presidency  as a result of the Taif agreement.However, this president is incompetent,indecisive,and unqualified to be a president to began with. I grew hair on my tongue and everywhere else, opposing sectarianism in Lebanon because it is a cancer.
          I have called on strengthening the presidency  many times on this blog,and  proposed keeping the position of the president with the Christians because they will always keep a balance among other sects.The president should be elected directly by the people. I know you (Hannibal) would think that the Muslims would  always choose who the president is,but I believe with time, political parties and alliances can be formed based on national , economical,and social issues,instead of sectarian issues,GIVEN, that a true national identity can be created .
           In previous discussions, You and I discussed rotating the position of the president among the three big sects.Although ,not the ideal system, my position was and still is for rotation among ALL sects.

      2. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        I’ll bet you ‘Twit’ too …

        1. tayyyar10452 Avatar
          tayyyar10452

          har har

  6. breakthemould Avatar
    breakthemould

    Do we have a statue of the unknown soldier in Lebanon? – if yes then we should have him or suggest to him that he visits it. Just like these people always rush to the museum of the holocaust whenever they go to Israel. Only a short time ago he was receiving Netanyhoo and meeting him near a place where one jewish person was killed. I have sympathy with this and don’t raise any observation – except to say, we in Lebanon have had numerous persons killed in violence of Wars. LET THEM COME AND PAY THEIR RESPECT, LET THIS BE THE NORM FOR FOREIGN DIGNITARIES. LET US BE AS GOOD AS THE JEWS. FOR GOD’S SAKE AS A MINIMUM.

    1. general10452 Avatar
      general10452

      of course we have a statue of the unknown soldier; what is president suleiman according to you? what about his predecessor (though a personal friend of mine)? both are statues; dont you think so; both are unknown soldiers, i have to admit very well known in saloons but not on the battlefield; however, hollande is a much much much bigger statue; he is probably transmitting a message from the obama administration which believes that president suleiman’s english is not so great and would rather understand french; france is economically collapsing yet this french statue is losing his time visiting unimportant people to pretend he is doing something; he is just a postman; maybe he wants to be the first to have a contract with lebanese oil extraction industry in the mediterranean sea

      1. Prophettttt Avatar
        Prophettttt

        One differences between This stooge president of ours and his predecessor  is that  This one decided to stay in the middle of the road,while Your friend decided to take a position and stick with it,and that deserves some respect, whether one agrees with his position or not. We all know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road,they get run over.While listening to this president delivering his”acceptance speech”  in Parliament, I became convinced that not only He was a coincidental,and indecisive president, but  an opportunist and a butt kisser.Worst is that He speaks as He was a real president with power.

        1. Hannibal Avatar
          Hannibal

          Entertain me here for a second… How can you blame a president who comes to (so called) power when the position is stripped of most of its capabilities? How can you blame a president where every head of a sect is a president (often with power)? How can you blame a president who was assigned by Syria and not by Lebanese? All he can do is TRY to be an arbitrator within set limits. How can you blame a president whose army will shatter if he makes one stand that offend another sect? How can you blame a president when there is a stronger army than his national army running the lives of most Lebanese by the power of weapons? 
          I am not saying he is strong or weak… All what I am saying is that if I were in his shoes I would quit because the presidency of Lebanon has been reduced by the moslems to a piece of paper you can wipe your a_ss with. The only person who stood against stripping the Presidency from its powers was General Aoun and he is still against it. (NOT that I am a fan of his… I stopped being a fan the minute he stepped foot in Syria NOT because of his alliance with HA). 
          Now if you would like to ponder on why was that done? It was pure sectarian racism like everything in Lebanon… By doing so they stripped the Christians of their role in Lebanese politics and handed it to the Sunnis… Then they build a state for the Shiites to block anything the Sunnis want to do. A formula which prevents Lebanon and the Lebanese of any actions or activities. Lebanon is now crippled like a ship at sea with no rudder in a storm.
          Give back the presidency its powers… create ONE national army… and then gradually work on changing the sectarian system. Else Lebanon will stay as such… People without a nation, land with no country.

        2. tayyyar10452 Avatar
          tayyyar10452

          sorry i am using you to reply to hannibal; i see that now hannibal is more courageous in expressing his views than before; glad to notice this; i never said he is not courageous but he was trying to give a zone of grey to his ideas; i totally agree with him and i will even be more explicit: all presidents designated after the taef accord, imposed upon us by saoudi arabia, brokered by damascus being bribed by saoudi money (hafez assad got billions of dollars from saoudi arabia presumably to defend the sunnahs and got many other billions to implement the taef accord), so all presidents after the taef accord were chosen because they were the most inert and passive ones; i do not recognise any of them as legal personally at least they are not constiututional according to my opinion; they are de facto presidents; and all the prime ministers after the taef accord were salafis particularly the hariri line; maybe not miquati; the prime ministers stole the prerogatives of the president according to this treacherous imposed taef accord. Hizbollah war with israel was a real internal revolution: the result was the shift of power from the salafis to hizbollah; hizbollah has all the interests of the world in restituting back the prerogatives of the president from a salafi saoudi designated prime minister to a more western open president; hence my support to hizbollah; mind you the actual administration of hizbollah, to my opinion, is the most clever one on the ground: they are avoiding the traps set to them by the salafis and the hariris to ignite a sunna shia war in Lebanon; how long can hizbollah resist this, i do not know; all i wish is that this sunna shia inevitable war spares Lebanon and that hariris and geagea3is and assir imams leave this country and go exert their jihad in saoudi arabia or even in syria: Lebanon does not need their jihad; let us live; even though i disagree wiht this donquichotte amine gemayyel he said one thing which i abide with: a3touna assalam wa khouzou ma yourhisha al 3alam

        3. tayyyar10452 Avatar
          tayyyar10452

          sorry i am using you to reply to hannibal; i see that now hannibal is more courageous in expressing his views than before; glad to notice this; i never said he is not courageous but he was trying to give a zone of grey to his ideas; i totally agree with him and i will even be more explicit: all presidents designated after the taef accord, imposed upon us by saoudi arabia, brokered by damascus being bribed by saoudi money (hafez assad got billions of dollars from saoudi arabia presumably to defend the sunnahs and got many other billions to implement the taef accord), so all presidents after the taef accord were chosen because they were the most inert and passive ones; i do not recognise any of them as legal personally at least they are not constiututional according to my opinion; they are de facto presidents; and all the prime ministers after the taef accord were salafis particularly the hariri line; maybe not miquati; the prime ministers stole the prerogatives of the president according to this treacherous imposed taef accord. Hizbollah war with israel was a real internal revolution: the result was the shift of power from the salafis to hizbollah; hizbollah has all the interests of the world in restituting back the prerogatives of the president from a salafi saoudi designated prime minister to a more western open president; hence my support to hizbollah; mind you the actual administration of hizbollah, to my opinion, is the most clever one on the ground: they are avoiding the traps set to them by the salafis and the hariris to ignite a sunna shia war in Lebanon; how long can hizbollah resist this, i do not know; all i wish is that this sunna shia inevitable war spares Lebanon and that hariris and geagea3is and assir imams leave this country and go exert their jihad in saoudi arabia or even in syria: Lebanon does not need their jihad; let us live; even though i disagree wiht this donquichotte amine gemayyel he said one thing which i abide with: a3touna assalam wa khouzou ma yourhisha al 3alam

        4. Prophettttt Avatar
          Prophettttt

          Hannibal&10452. I don’t disagree with anything You said about the weakened presidency  as a result of the Taif agreement.However, this president is incompetent,indecisive,and unqualified to be a president to began with. I grew hair on my tongue and everywhere else, opposing sectarianism in Lebanon because it is a cancer.
          I have called on strengthening the presidency  many times on this blog,and  proposed keeping the position of the president with the Christians because they will always keep a balance among other sects.The president should be elected directly by the people. I know(Hannibal) you would think that the Muslims would  always choose who the president is,but I believe with time, political parties and alliances can be formed on national issues,instead of sectarianism.
           In previous discussions, You and I discussed rotating the position of the president among the three big sects.Although ,not the ideal system, my position was and still is for rotation among ALL sects.

      2. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        I’ll bet you ‘Twit’ too …

        1. tayyyar10452 Avatar
          tayyyar10452

          har har

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