French President Emmanuel Macron in Beirut to discuss support for Lebanon under new leadership

Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Lebanon, his first in more than four years, follows a 60-day ceasefire deal that aims to end the Israel-Hezbollah war.

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00:00French President Emmanuel Macron is in Beirut to meet with Lebanon's newly elected leaders,

00:08President Joseph Aoun and the designated Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.

00:13His visit follows a 60-day ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that France helped

00:18secure.

00:19Macron pledged financial aid to help Lebanon rebuild and called for the acceleration of

00:24a long-term truce.

00:25The results have been obtained, a first Israeli withdrawal from the West, but it must be accelerated,

00:31confirmed in the long term, and a total withdrawal of Israeli forces, a total monopoly of the

00:38Lebanese army on the Arabs.

00:40This is why we strongly support the strengthening of the Lebanese army forces and their deployment

00:47in the south of the country.

00:48The crisis-hit country is hoping to secure continued support from the West under its

00:53new leadership, as it attempts to recover from the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah war.

00:59Aoun and Salam have promised to work on getting Lebanon out of its economic crisis and to

01:04impose state authority over parts of the country controlled by Hezbollah.

01:09Macron is also traveling to the south of Lebanon, where French troops are deployed as part of

01:13a UN peacekeeping force along the border with Israel.