Patriarch calls for finding solutions to national problems
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rai said on Thursday that Lebanese parties should seek common goals and find solutions to national problems.
“We are meeting here today and we are aware that in Lebanon we separate between religion and statehood,” Rai told the press as he is sponsoring an expanded meeting between Christian politicians in Bkirki.
“Union and partnership between Christian parties are not strengthened without the commitment [of everyone],” the patriarch added.
He said that he is sponsoring the meeting “in order to draft a way to [build] a civil and democratic state” in Lebanon.
The meeting began in Bkirki’s Maronite Patriarchate and included 38 representatives of Christian parties and MPs, several media outlets reported.
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