BRUSSELS: France’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday he had asked his EU counterparts to consider ways to help Lebanon, which is facing its worst economic crisis in decades.
“France wishes that we discuss the Lebanon question,” Le Drian said as he arrived at a meeting of EU foreign ministers. “The country is drifting away, divided ... when a country collapses, Europe must be ready,” he said, expressing frustration at failed efforts to form a government.
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France’s Le Drian urges EU to help steady Lebanon
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EU chief says bloc ‘stands fully behind’ Iran protesters
- “Europe stands fully behind them,” von der Leyen posted online
BRUSSELS: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday said Europe backed Iranians’ mass protests and condemned the “violent repression” against the demonstrators.
“Tehran’s streets, and cities around the world, echo with the footsteps of Iranian women and men demanding freedom. Freedom to speak, to gather, to travel and above all to live freely. Europe stands fully behind them,” von der Leyen, head of the European Commission, posted online.
“We unequivocally condemn the violent repression of these legitimate demonstrations. Those responsible will be remembered on the wrong side of history,” she added.
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