Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi will reportedly meet on Thursday the ambassadors to Lebanon of western powers, Gabriele Caccia, the papal ambassador to Lebanon and U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Sigrid Kaag to urge them to facilitate the election of a new head of state.

According to al-Joumhouria newspaper published on Wednesday, Bkirki’s move comes in light of its continued efforts to resolve the presidential deadlock.

Sources told the daily that the patriarch “will exert efforts” to resolve the presidential dispute, pointing out that his meeting with the ambassadors aims at “urging them to interfere to facilitate the election of a new president.”

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