French President Emmanuel Macron (R) welcomes Lebanese Prime Minister on resignation Saad Hariri at Elysee Palace in Paris, France on Nov. 18, 2017. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)
PARIS, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Prime Minister on resignation Saad Hariri confirmed Saturday in Paris that he would travel to the Lebanese capital Beirut for Lebanon's National Day on Nov. 22, after a meeting and a lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron, the French TV channel BFMTV reported.
"I will go to Beirut in the coming days. I will participate in the celebration of our independence, and I will make known my position on all subjects after having met president Michel Aoun," Hariri said, quoted by BFMTV.
"I thank president Emmanuel Macron of his support, and he has shown an infallible friendship that I will never forget," he said at the exit of the Elysee.
