A Hidden Political Battle Over Managing Lebanon's Foreign Policy?

The report discusses a hidden political dispute between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea over managing foreign policy, particularly whether the foreign minister accompanies official visits. MP Ghassan Hasbani stresses that foreign policy is drawn up by the government and that the foreign minister should take part in visits of a political nature, while saying the minister's absence from the president's visits turns them into leadership visits. It also notes that Prime Minister Nawaf Salam took Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi to U.S. meetings, while the Lebanese Forces fears the minister is being sidelined from key files, including negotiations with Israel.