Al-Rahi Chairs Meeting of Bkirki Summit Follow-Up Committee
Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Friday presided over a meeting for the follow-up committee that was formed during the recent Maronite summit in Bkirki.
The MPs Ibrahim Kanaan, Georges Adwan, Sami Gemayel, Farid al-Khazen, Hadi Hbeish and Michel Mouawad were taking part in the meeting in the presence of Bishop Samir Mazloum.
The summit's closing statement had said that the follow-up committee would be formed in order to “confront the alarming challenges.”
In the statement, Maronite leaders and lawmakers also stressed that “no one has the right to create a new identity for Lebanon.”
The summit was held at al-Rahi's request.
Rejecting “anything that harms the balance of constitutional institutions and the powers of each of them, topped by the Presidency,” the conferees emphasized that “Lebanon should not be isolated from its Arab region and international partners.”
Turning to the stalled cabinet formation process, the conferees called for “speeding up the formation of the government according to the Constitution” and for “cooperation with the President and the PM-designate.”
“We condemn the Israeli violations and reject any attempt to naturalize Palestinian refugees in Lebanon,” they added, while emphasizing that Syrian refugees should “safely return” to their country.
Source: Naharnet
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