MP Hariri: Would Aoun have accepted pre-conditions?

 

MP Saad Hariri said Syria wants Lebanon to remain without a president, stressing that French President Nicolas Sarkozy supports the country.

 

“Syria”s Lebanese election candidate is a (presidential) void,” Hariri said in remarks published by the pan-Arab daily Al Hayat on Wednesday.

 

“This was the reason why French President Nicolas Sarkozy suspended (diplomatic) contacts with Syria,” Hariri added, stressing that Sarkozy will “not abandon Lebanon.”

 

Hariri also asked: “Had MP Michel Aoun been a consensus president, would he have accepted pre-conditions?” Hariri asked.

 

Hariri said French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner assured him that France will “soon” send 250 million Euro fund as promised at the Paris-3 conference.

 

He also revealed that Europe, Moscow and influential Arab countries agreed to cooperate on putting the Arab plan into practice.

 

“Had MP Michel Aoun been a consensus president, would he have accepted pre-conditions?” Hariri asked.