There are currently French attempts to arrange an urgent visit to Lebanon by the French President's Special Envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, in a bid to “stir the stagnant waters and give impetus to the mission of the five-nation committee which has started to falter,” prominent political sources said.

The sources added, in remarks to al-Joumhouria newspaper, that “the efforts of the quintet’s ambassadors have been currently suspended.”

The daily meanwhile quoted Egyptian Ambassador to Lebanon Alaa Moussa as saying that “a U.S.-French summit will be held soon and Lebanon will be among its topics of discussion.”

“This necessitates the Lebanese political forces to speed up the finalization of the presidential election, especially that the U.S. administration will become preoccupied with its presidential vote as of June,” Moussa was quoted as saying.