French Special Presidential Envoy for Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian met with Hezbollah top MP Mohammad Raad and Free Patriotic Movement leader Gibran Bassil.

The meeting with Raad was also attended by French Ambassador to Lebanon Herve Magro and Hezbollah’s Arab and international relations officer Ammar al-Moussawi.

Le Drian had arrived in Beirut on Tuesday night and held a series of meetings Wednesday with Lebanese political and religious officials.

Lebanon’s presidential vacuum and the situation in south Lebanon are the focus of his visit.