Two Saudi meetings in Beirut in support of the presidential election, and Blinken stresses the importance of stability through elections

With the beginning of the new year, the countdown to the awaited presidential election has begun, and the days between January 9 will include agreeing on a personality that will fit the stage or entering into a fight over candidates for each of the two axes.

It is expected that Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan will visit Beirut at the end of the week, preceded by his advisor for Lebanese affairs, Yazid bin Muhammad Al Farhan, and followed early next week by the American presidential envoy Amos Hochstein, and perhaps also the French envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian, as part of increasing presidential consultations to reach a consensus. To elect a President of the Republic.
According to Lebanon 24 information, a Saudi momentum has emerged through a high-level delegation that will visit Lebanon between the third and seventh of this month. It is expected that it will be headed by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, and among it is the official in charge of the new Lebanon file in the Saudi Foreign Ministry, Prince Yazid bin Farhan, who it was reported might remain. In Beirut until the president is elected, while the Foreign Minister will leave to return to Riyadh after he meets with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati, as some confirm that these two meetings may be decisive. At the level of support that the Kingdom will provide to accomplish this constitutional entitlement, which it has always called for, because the continuation of the vacuum in the Lebanese presidency for more than two years is no longer palatable, in its opinion.
An Arab diplomatic source says that this visit to Saudi Arabia will be a qualitative and very important diplomatic event at this time in terms of form and content. Saudi diplomacy has moved in the direction of Lebanon in recent days, based on the visit of Army Commander General Joseph Aoun to Al-Ula and the meetings he held with Saudi officials there.
The source points out that the Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, Walid Al-Bukhari, had recently informed Presidents Berri and Mikati that there is an expected visit by a Saudi delegation to Lebanon at this stage, which is supposed to be headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, but determining the date of this visit remains linked to the schedule of appointments in the Kingdom that you are visiting. These days there are large international delegations.
The Arab diplomatic source confirms that this visit, which will take place before January 9, has a clear message, which is to push for the completion of the presidential entitlement as a priority, based on what President Nabih Berri announced and committed to, and we must all stand by him. The man promised the five-party group and adhered to his promise, as he informed them that immediately after the shooting stopped A few days later, he will call for a session to elect the President of the Republic, so the shooting stopped, and he actually called for this session. This is a very reassuring thing and indicates that there is a clear responsibility that everyone bears. It also indicates that there is A serious desire and clear responsibility regarding the stage that Lebanon has reached. Therefore, the purpose of the Saudi delegation’s visit at this political moment will be to push for the completion of the presidential election on the specified date, because it is no longer acceptable to everyone to continue the vacuum and its repercussions, which Saudi Arabia has always called for ending and not disrupting the electoral process.
Internally, parliamentary sources said that the parliamentary blocs will find themselves within days forced to disclose their options, even though some of them are waiting during the next three days to receive signals that could be issued by regional and international powers influencing the course of the electoral process. Hence, most blocks keep their options open to all possibilities.
Media sources reported that the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, sent a message to the Shiite duo stating that if they agree to elect the army commander, General Joseph Aoun, he is ready to proceed with the option of electing the head of the Lebanese Forces Party, Samir Geagea.
In the positions, the US State Department announced that Secretary Anthony Blinken stressed to his French counterpart, Jean-Noel Barrot, the importance of achieving stability in Lebanon through the presidential elections.