Macron to Make a Third Lebanese Visit to Ease Its Crisis Published January 31st, 2021 - 06:20 GMT French President Emmanuel Macron waves after a working lunch with Transition Mali President at the Elysee presidential Palace on January 27, 2021 in Paris. Ludovic MARIN / AFP Highlights Macron was scheduled to visit Lebanon a third time in December but the trip was cancelled after he was diagnosed with COVID-19. President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France’s road map for easing the crisis in Lebanon was still on the table and he planned to make a third visit there, Al Arabiya television reported. Speaking at a media roundtable, Macron said the French plan was the only solution to Lebanon’s crisis and that he would do all he could to assist the formation of a government, according to the Saudi-owned channel.