End of crisis in sight as Lebanon PM Hariri agrees to travel to Paris

The French President’s office said on November 16 that Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has accepted an invitation to come to France after his surprise resignation from Saudi Arabia nearly two weeks ago that stunned Lebanon and rattled the region.

An official in President Emmanuel Macron’s office said Mr. Hariri is expected in France in the coming days. The official was not authorised to be publicly named.

Lebanese President Michel Aoun tweeted on November 16 that he hoped the



country's political crisis was over following Mr. Hariri's acceptance of a French invitation to visit Paris.

Earlier a source close to Mr. Hariri said the Prime Minister, who resigned this month while in Saudi Arabia but has yet to return to Beirut, was expected to leave Riyadh for France within the next 48 hours.

Mr. Aoun said Lebanon remained committed to its policy of staying out of regional conflicts, especially those between Arab states, presidential sources said on November 16.