BEIRUT: France will begin delivering weapons purchased with a $3 billion Saudi grant to the Lebanese military in two months, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Sunday.
“Prime Minister Tammam Salam was informed by the French Foreign Minister that the first shipment of weapons...will arrive to Lebanon in the first week of April,” read a statement by the premier’s news office.
The Foreign Minister’s comments were made during a meeting with the prime minister on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich.
Fabius relayed to Salam France’s keenness on preserving the stability of Lebanon as well as the country’s national unity and state institutions.