Special Envoy in Beirut (Lebanon)
The majestic green cedar, emblem of Lebanon, is a slowly growing tree.
But Emmanuel Macron would like to symbolically monitor the growth of the one he planted on Tuesday, in the mountain.
As an illustration of the new era that he hopes to open for this country bruised by the tragic explosion, which killed nearly 200 people at the port of the capital on August 4.
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You have just planted the first cedar of the second centenary of Grand-Liban,
" said Fadia Kiwan, head of the national cedar forest, as the Patrouille de France flew over the Jaj site, 70 km north of Beirut.
Perched in the middle of rocky peaks at an altitude of 1600 meters, this Maronite village was not chosen at random.
Jaj's cedar grove is not in the territory of any great feudal lord, which politically controls Lebanon.
Neither on the stronghold of Samir Geagea, the leader of the Lebanese Forces in the historic Cedars region further north, nor in that,
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