France has warned Lebanese officials over the fate of international funds earmarked for Lebanon at the Cedre conference in Paris, should the government formation deadlock continue, Naharnet reported Friday (December 28th).
"France has once again told Lebanese officials that it can no longer prevent the donor countries from reversing their Cedre conference commitments," sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Friday.
"There is an inclination by some countries to divert aid earmarked for Lebanon to other countries, such as Yemen, Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco," Paris has cautioned, according to the sources.
"Through their diplomatic channels, Paris and the EU have called on the Lebanese state to get out of this quagmire, knowing that these European nations fully understand that the problem is not domestic and that its solution requires direct pressure on Iran," the newspaper quoted the sources as saying.
