Macron says Israeli PM and U.S. can act to stop ground invasion of Lebanon [Video]

French President Emmanuel Macron has said that while he is working with Canada and other countries to stop a possible ground invasion of Lebanon, only the Israeli prime minister and the United States can prevent that from happening.

Macron made the remarks in a wide-ranging interview with CBC News and Radio-Canada Thursday in Ottawa before the French president’s bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The comments came a day after France, Canada, the United States, the EU, the U.K. and other countries issued a joint statement calling for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Lebanon-Israel border.

WATCH | French President says he’s working with Canada and other countries to stop a possible ground invasion of LebanonDuring an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with CBC News’s chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton and Radio-Canada’s parliamentary bureau chief Louis Blouin, French President Emmanuel Macron said that while he is working with Canada and other countries to …