00:00OK, so, as we've been saying, he's got the support of Parliament, he's domestically respected.
00:07You were touching on there the international image that he has. And it's important, isn't
00:13it, that whoever the president of Lebanon is has the support of Lebanon's allies. And
00:20I'm obviously thinking of Washington, but not only. You're saying that Joseph Aoun
00:24does have that rapport, he does have the respect that he needs from Lebanon's main allies.
00:31Yes, definitely. Joseph Aoun has proven a good soldier, a very good commander, has been
00:39in charge for close to eight years now of the Lebanese army and has done a very solid
00:47job. He also has no rumors or no corruption dossiers or topics around him or accusations,
01:00which is good in a country where, unfortunately, the political class is known for widespread
01:05corruption. So this is very good. He's a clean man. He's very respected and very seen
01:11as a professional commander, be it by the Americans that have helped train him for the
01:17last decades or by the French or by the Saudis with whom he has very solid relations.
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