Hariri backs Frangieh, clears atmosphere with Geagea

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced publicly for a initial time Monday his joining to ancillary MP Sleiman Frangieh’s candidacy for a presidency, quashing chances for a probable change of heart in preference of Frangieh’s rival, MP Michel Aoun, who is corroborated by Hezbollah and a Lebanese Forces.

Hariri met Monday night with Lebanese Forces arch Samir Geagea during a latter’s chateau in Maarab, north of Beirut, clearing a atmosphere between a dual sides following differences over a presidency and a criticism by a former premier a day earlier.

Geagea responded to Hariri’s support for Frangieh’s bid by endorsing his war-time foe, Aoun, for a presidency, during a ancestral settlement during Geagea’s chateau in Maarab final month after some-more than 28 years of domestic feuding.

Hariri visited Geagea Monday dusk in Maarab, anticipating to finish conjecture of stretched family between a Mar 14 allies over a presidency.

Hariri concurred differences within a Mar 14 bloc over a presidency and sought to play down a difference between him and Geagea.

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