Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has advised Christian parties not to waste historic opportunities and to agree on a consensual candidate other than Free Patriotic Movement chief Michel Aoun and Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.

Saudi Arabia and Iran are in a dispute over the situation in Yemen, so there won’t be any mediator to help Lebanese MPs elect a new president, Jumblat said in remarks published on Tuesday.

“That’s why my advice to Christian parties is to stop wasting historic opportunities,” the MP told al-Akhbar newspaper. “They are not yet convinced on the importance of a consensual candidate other than Michel Aoun and Samir Geagea.”

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