(ANSA) - PARIS, AUGUST 04 - "The Lebanese leaders are indebted to truth and transparency towards their population", in particular, regarding the explosion of a year ago in the port of Beirut: the French president, Emmanuel Macron said, opening the third international donors' conference on Lebanon. One year after that tragic event, the investigation is at a standstill, and Macron has pointed the finger at the responsibilities of the Lebanese political class which - he said - seems to "bet on the deterioration of the situation", an attitude that he defined as "an historical and historical error. moral".
"France and many other (countries) - added the president speaking from Fort de Bregancon, the historic summer residence of the French presidents overlooking the Mediterranean, in the south of France - have cooperated to provide all the information we have, we are available for all technical operations" that could prove necessary for the purposes of the investigation, added the French leader, stressing that the conclusions of the investigation are "expected by all the Lebanese people".
"A year after the drama, Lebanon can continue to count on France's solidarity," Macron wrote in a tweet published shortly before the donor conference opened. At the start of the works, France promised 100 million euros to try to save the country from the abyss of collapse. The meeting aims to raise an emergency aid of at least 350 million dollars for the Lebanese population, the Elysée reported in recent days. The work, via the internet, was attended by representatives of about forty states and international organizations. (HANDLE).