French Ambassador to Lebanon, Bruno Foucher, on Friday congratulated the Lebanese people and French nationals on the advent of the New Year, wishing them further success, prosperity and health.

Ambassador Foucher also deemed Year 2017 as fruitful for the French-Lebanese ties, notably with the recent respective visits of President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri to Paris.

Foucher's words came in a letter he issued on the occasion of the New Year, distributed by the French Embassy in Beirut.

"2018 will be a very important year for French-Lebanese ties notably with President Emmanuel Macron's forthcoming visit to Lebanon in April," Foucher said, stressing France's continual stand by the Lebanese

Source: NNA