'Lebanon is not alone', says French President Macron after visit to blast-hit Beirut

French President Emmanuel Macron on August 6 visited blast ravd country Leban to pay solidarity and said crisis-hit Leban would “continue to sink” unless its leers carry out reforms. Macron is first foreign leer to visit its former colony after blasts. France has also helped Leban by sending aid in its tough time. On August 4, massive explosions rocked Leban's capital Beirut killed more than 135 people and wounded more than 5000 people,

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To show his solidarity French President tweeted "Leban is t alone”, in Arabic. During his visit he also talked about deep ecomic crises and corruption in country and asked for reforms. He visited Beirut's harbourside blast zone, w a wasteland of blackened ruins, rubble, and charred debris where a 140 meter (460 feet) wide craters have filled with seawater.

Lebanese government blamed disaster that happened because of huge stockpile of a highly explosive material ammonia nitrate stored for years in unsafe conditions at Beirut port which exploded. But many Lebanese people who have lost ir jobs and watched savings evaporate in a financial meltdown have blamed it on politicians who have "benefited from deces of state corruption and b governance."

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Global support

After dely exposition, support started pouring for ravd Leban. tragic incident was caught on camera, which flooded social media with videos and pictures of happening. Showing solidarity with Leban, France’s iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris went dark for an hour on August 5 to pay tribute to victims of warehouse explosion. t only Eiffel Tower, but or world monuments also showed ir solidarity with explosion hit Leban, Pyramids in Giza and Burj Khalifa in Dubai were lit up with a display of Leban's flag.

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