Hervé Magro

Magro Reaffirms France's Support to Lebanon in New Year Message

French Ambassador to Lebanon Hervé Magro expressed France’s unwavering commitment to stand alongside the Lebanese people in a New Year message on Monday. In a message addressed to Lebanese citizens and French compatriots in Lebanon, Magro highlighted the ongoing war in Gaza as a real threat to Lebanon’s security and stability, depicting it ...

Le Drian Soon in Lebanon

French Ambassador to Lebanon Hervé Magro declared on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron’s personal envoy for Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, “will be visiting Beirut shortly to follow up on the Quintet Committee’s mission in resolving the presidential vacuum.” During a meeting with the Maronite League, Magro announced that ...

Le Drian’s Visit to Be Prepared by Quintet’s Ambassadors in Beirut

The issue of the deadlocked presidential election, which has been placed on the back burner for a while, will be thrust back to the forefront in the coming weeks in light of fast-developing regional events impacting Lebanon, which has been plagued by multiple economic and political crises. According to a Western diplomatic source, the “changes ...

Geagea and Magro Discuss the Presidential File

The Lebanese Forces leader, Samir Geagea, met on Tuesday with the French Ambassador to Lebanon, Hervé Magro, in Meerab. The two parties discussed the various developments in the country and the region, especially the war in Gaza. They also tackled the escalation in southern Lebanon, the danger of sliding towards war and the international efforts ...

Joseph Aoun and Magro Inaugurate French-Funded Conference Hall

Commander-in-Chief of the Army General Joseph Aoun and French Ambassador Hervé Magro inaugurated a conference hall funded by the French authorities at the Army Command headquarters. Several commanding officers were also in attendance. General Aoun thanked the French authorities for this initiative, stating that it contributes to enhancing ...

Quintet Committee at the Grand Serail, Highly Optimistic

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met on Friday with the Arab International Quintet Committee at the Grand Serail. The committee included Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Lebanon Walid Al-Bukhari, French Ambassador to Lebanon Hervé Magro, the Ambassador of Qatar, Sheikh Saud bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani, the Ambassador of Egypt, Alaa Moussa, and ...

'Terre de Jeux' Relay 150 Days Before the Paris Games

On Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Olympic Organizing Committee organized a "Relay Race" in the courtyard of the Palais des Pins in Beirut under the slogan "Land of Games," in collaboration with the Sports Academy. With 150 days to go before the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris next summer, the organizers decided to stage a ...

French-Lebanese Protocol in Support of Military Medicine

A cooperation protocol was signed on Tuesday between Army Director of Military Medicine General Dani Bechrawi and French Armed Forces' Director General of Health Services Major Jacques Margery in Yarzeh, in the presence of the Army's Commander-in-Chief, General Joseph Aoun, and French ambassador to Lebanon Hervé Magro. The protocol aims ...

French Initiative: Lebanon Submits Its Response

Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib handed over Lebanon's response to the French initiative to French Ambassador Hervé Magro on Friday. He reiterated Lebanon's stance against the war spreading to its territory and called for the full implementation of UN Resolution 1701. Bou Habib, who was received later by the head of ...

The Quintet’s Quest for a Mechanism for Presidential Consultations

The quintet ambassadors—comprising the United States, France, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt—are exploring a consultation mechanism. They aim to ascertain if a consensus can be reached on a presidential candidate, or if a presidential election can be organized with a limited list of contenders. However, as of yet, these ambassadors have not ...

Olympic Games: The French Embassy Honors Lebanese Volunteers

The Institut Français in Beirut organized a ceremony in honor of the Lebanese volunteers participating in the organization of the Summer Olympics, which will be held in Paris from July 26 to August 11, and the Paralympics, which will take place from August 28 to September 8, in the garden of the French Consulate. Hervé Magro, the French ...