French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday welcomed the "crucial election" by Lebanese lawmakers of army chief Joseph Aoun as president after a two-year vacuum at the top, calling his victory an opportunity for reform in the country.

Lebanon’s parliament voted to elect Gen. Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, as the country’s new president on Jan. 9.

Lebanese lawmakers have elected army commander Joseph Aoun as the country's first president in more than two years. David Wood, International Crisis Group's Lebanon Senior Analyst spoke to Bloomberg's Christine Burke on Horizons Middle East and Africa about the task ahead for the new President as well as the role of Hezbollah and Iran in the country moving forward.