Paris, Fearful for Lebanon, Doubles Efforts to Avoid Security Shake-Up
A French Cabinet minister close to President Nicola Sarkozy described the Lebanon situation as "alarming and must be contained."
His remarks came during a meeting he held with a senior Lebanese political leader who was in Paris recently, the daily An-Nahar reported Friday.
The French official also cautioned that the current political vacuum can lead to a "higher risk" unless the Cabinet crisis was "quickly settled."
He told his Lebanese guest that "Paris was fearful for Lebanon."
The French official said that France was seeking through presidential envoys and the diplomatic activity led by Arab states alongside Washington to "speed up the formation of the government and avoid any security shake-up in Lebanon."