Hariri Meets Sarkozy on Friday, Date of French President”s Visit to Beirut Unchanged
French President Nicolas Sarkozy will discuss with Lebanese MP Saad Hariri on Friday bilateral relations and the current situation in the Gaza Strip, the Elysee Palace said in a statement.
Hariri will meet Sarkozy at 10:30 am Friday, it said.
An Nahar daily on Wednesday quoted diplomatic sources as saying that Sarkozy”s visit to Lebanon on Jan. 6 is still on.
They said the French head of state will meet during his trip to Beirut President Michel Suleiman and visit French peacekeepers in south Lebanon.
"The events in Gaza won”t change the French president”s plan to visit Lebanon," the sources stressed.