French President Emmanuel Macron’s statements about his scale in Lebanon following the fatal Beirut explosion are an “interference” in Lebanese internal affairs, an Iranian official said Friday.
“Macron’s speech is an interference in Lebanese internal affairs, expanding the suffering of the Lebanese people. Macron will have to apologize to the Lebanese nation,” said Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Council of Opportunities, a tough state framework and former Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
“Instead of focusing on finding what led to the explosion, Macron is pushing for political replacement and an explosion of stability in Lebanon,” Rezaei added.
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Lebanon, a country already recovering from an unprecedented economic crisis and a resurgence of coronavirus infections, struck Tuesday through the large explosion in Beirut’s port that killed at least 154 other people and wounded more than 5,000.
Macron arrived in Lebanon on Thursday and visited the sites of the wreckage caused by the explosion where it was invaded by the Lebanese, it is not easy to assist and it is not easy for the aid sent by France not to be handed over to the government for fear that it will be stolen. corrupt officials.
He assured citizens that no blank checks will be given to their leaders unless they enact reforms and end corruption. “I assure you that this help (for reconstruction) will not go into corrupt hands,” Macron told the crowd who welcomed him.