On Tuesday, France called on Lebanese political officials to reach "without delay" an agreement to form a government to extricate the country from its crisis, and warned that the country faces the risk of collapse if a government is not formed without delay.

"France regrets, in this context, that Lebanese officials have not yet fulfilled the pledges they made on the first of September," the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement to French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Lebanon to form a government within two weeks.

"We call for an agreement to be reached without delay on the formation of Mustafa Adib, an important government that will implement the necessary reforms," ​​the statement added.

"The Lebanese political forces have to choose between reform and the collapse of the country ... It is a great responsibility towards the Lebanese," he added.

On Monday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun warned that the country was heading towards "hell" if the political forces did not agree to form a government that he hoped would announce its formation a week ago.

Aoun said, "Today we are facing a crisis in forming a government, which was not supposed to happen, because the dues awaiting Lebanon do not allow any minute to be wasted."

But the formation efforts stalled with the insistence of the "Shiite duo";

In other words, Hezbollah, the most prominent political and military force in the country, and its ally, the Amal Movement, led by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, to name the Shiite ministers in the government, and one of them assumed the finance portfolio, which is opposed by other parties, most notably Saad Hariri, the leader of the Future Movement.

Since the horrific Beirut port explosion on 4 August, France has been exerting pressure on the political forces to form a government that undertakes urgent reforms in exchange for international financial support.

To lift the country out of its economic crisis, and re-launch negotiations with the International Monetary Fund.

On Wednesday, the French Chief of Staff announced the end of the military operation launched by Paris in early August to aid Lebanon after the Beirut port explosion, and said that the operation involved about 750 soldiers, through which 1,200 tons of humanitarian aid shipments were sent by air and sea in addition to the helicopter carrier "Tonner". ".

The complex of the Ministry of Finance


In the same context, former heads of government (Fouad Siniora, Tamam Salam, Najib Mikati) confirmed, on Tuesday, their refusal to make a certain ministerial portfolio a monopoly or an exclusive right of a particular faction or political group.

A statement issued by them said that the Lebanese constitution is very clear, as there is no ministerial portfolio that can be a monopoly or an exclusive right of ministers who belong to a particular sect or sect.

The statement added that, according to the constitution, nothing prevents any Lebanese from assuming responsibility for any sectarian or sectarian group to which he belongs, any ministerial portfolio in Lebanon.

The Shiite duo, Hezbollah and the Amal movement, cling to the portfolio of the Ministry of Finance, which represents an obstacle to forming a government.

Former heads of government declared that the initiative presented by former Prime Minister Saad Hariri is a personal initiative, and "we consider ourselves not bound by it."

Earlier, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his approval of the nomination of Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Adeeb for an independent finance minister from the Shiite community.

Hariri said in a statement that he decided to help Adeeb find a way out by naming an independent finance minister from the Shiite community, whom he, like all other ministers, would choose on the basis of competence, integrity and lack of party affiliation, adding, "Without this decision in any way indicating recognition of the exclusivity of the Ministry Finance by the Shiite sect or any sect. "

He added, this decision is one-time and does not constitute a norm upon which to form future governments.

Rather, it is conditional on facilitating the formation of the government of President Adib, according to the agreed criteria, and facilitating its reform work.

To curb the collapse of Lebanon, then save it and save the Lebanese.