Macron to push for Lebanon aid after Beirut destruction

A man holds a sign reading"Solidarity with Beirut" and a candle on August 5, 2020 in Toulouse, during a gathering to pay tribute to the Lebanese people a day after a powerful explosion tore through Lebanon's capital AFP/REMY GABALDAPARIS: President Emmanuel Macron will seek to rally urgent aid for Lebanon but is also expected to press for overdue reform in France's ex-colony on the first visit by a world leader to Beirut after the deadly port blast.

"I will go to Beirut tomorrow to bring the Lebanese people a message of fraternity and solidarity from the French," Macron wrote on Twitter.Advertisement He said the visit recalled that of the trip made by former president Jacques Chirac in the wake of the assassination of tycoon and former premier Rafiq Hariri in Beirut in 2005.

Le Drian had reaffirmed the message from his own Beirut trip that reforms were essential for Lebanon to move on. "Aid needs to be made conditional on structural reform and reform of the Lebanese political system so that a new political class emerges," he told AFP.were left unsecured in a warehouse close to the city centre demands immediate answers from those ruling Lebanon.

Two military planes were to leave from Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris with 55 search and rescue personnel on board and 25 tonnes of medical supplies.

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