FILE PHOTO: Lebanese President Michel Aoun (R) meets French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, May 6, 2021. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS
BEIRUT (Reuters) - France's foreign minister threatened to step up pressure against Lebanese politicians he accused of committing "collective suicide" by failing to pull the country out of its economic meltdown.
On a visit to Beirut, Jean-Yves Le Drian told reporters on Friday that France, which has led foreign aid efforts to Lebanon, had to act in the face of the political impasse, months into a deadlock in cabinet talks.
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