Macron on an official visit to Lebanon on Friday

PARIS (Reuters) Emmanuel Macron will make an official visit to Lebanon on Friday,
The Elysée announced this Tuesday evening. A move that comes in the wake of the election last week.
Last week, the commander-in-chief of the army, General Joseph Aoun, at
Lebanese presidency.
Emmanuel Macron thus wants to «mark France's unwavering commitment» in support of Lebanon, which is experiencing a «historic moment», the French presidency said in a statement.
The election of Joseph Aoun, who enjoys the support of a large part of the international community, ended a more than two-year vacancy at the Lebanese presidency, since Michel Aoun’s term ended in October 2022.
In its statement, the Elysée emphasized that Emmanuel Macron’s move
It would also make it possible to «work towards the full implementation» of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon announced last November by the French president and his American counterpart Joe Biden, whose term in the White House will formally end next Monday.
Paris says it wants the formation of a Lebanese government «as soon as possible»
capable of «bringing together» and «leading the reforms essential to the country’s recovery (…) as well as to the restoration of Lebanon’s security and sovereignty over its territory».
In parallel to the seat of the Gaza Strip decided in response to the Hamas attack
On October 7, 2023, Israel launched a military campaign in Lebanon last September, claiming to want to eradicate Hezbollah.
During his first speech following the vote of the Lebanese MPs last Thursday, Joseph Aoun alluded to the disarmament of Hezbollah, stating that he wanted the Lebanese army, which stays away from the clashes between the IDF and the movement aligned with Iran, to have the «monopoly on carrying arms.».
The Jewish State and Hezbollah accuse each other of violations of the ceasefire
Lebanon, in what constitutes an unprecedented conflict since their war in 2006.