President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, confirmed: "We are only connected to Lebanon, but we are indeed with the Francophonie, which is a matter of belonging to a civilization, and it means standing with reason in the face of madness."

He added, on International Francophonie Day: "To be Francophone means to stand with the full sovereignty of your country, indivisible, and to be both believers and secularists."

You can watch his full speech in the attached video.