U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Lisa Johnson has stressed that no member state of the five-nation group for Lebanon should carry out any initiative or move without prior coordination with the other members of the group, in an apparent reference to Qatar, informed sources said.

Johnson voiced her remarks during the latest meeting of the group’s ambassadors that was held at the residence of the Saudi envoy in Yarze, the sources told al-Joumhouria newspaper in remarks published Monday.

“She suggested that no party claim to represent the five-nation group or speak on its behalf, in reference to the French side, whose envoy Jean-Yves Le Drian will visit Lebanon following the meeting of the five-nation group that is expected to be held in Riyadh,” the sources added.