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Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai said that Lebanon’s declaration of neutrality and the holding of an international conference aimed at renewing Lebanon’s sovereign existence and reviving its altered identity
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Al-Rai asked the Lebanese not to be silent on corruption, “loose borders”, “failure of the political class” and “illegal weapons”, days after calling an international conference to address the crisis situation. in Lebanon.
In a speech to a crowd at the Patriarchate’s headquarters, the Pastor said he wanted the international conference he convened to stabilize the Lebanese entity that is at grave risk.
He noted that Lebanon’s declaration of neutrality and the holding of an international conference were aimed at renewing Lebanon’s sovereign existence and reviving its altered identity.
Processions carrying thousands of Lebanese arrived in Bkerke at the invitation of activists on social media, who arrived from Beirut and other areas, amid tight security, to support the sponsor’s positions calling for an international conference on Lebanon. under the auspices of the United States. Nations.
Supporters of Patriarch Al-Rai’s positions carried banners with slogans and chanted by others denouncing Hezbollah’s weapons, such as “We do not want (we do not want) weapons in Lebanon except for the Lebanese army.”
The country is experiencing strong discussions between political parties, the most recent of which was the invitation of the sponsor, which was considered by some as an invitation to “internationalize the Lebanese file.”
On February 6, Al-Rahi called during a mass to “raise the question of Lebanon at an international conference under the auspices of the United Nations, confirming Lebanon in its modern constitutional frameworks that are based on the unity of the entity and providing guarantees for the Lebanese presence that prevent usurpation and damage its legitimacy and put an end to the multiplicity of weapons ”.
On August 17, Al-Raei published a document entitled “Active Neutrality Lebanon”, highlighting the need to “strengthen the concept of the Lebanese state, through a strong army, an independent judiciary and institutions capable of achieving security and stability. and defend the land against any aggression, be it from Israel “or from others.”
Hezbollah position
The Secretary General of “Hezbollah” Hassan Nasrallah considered, in a televised speech last Tuesday, that the threat to internationalize the Lebanese crisis at the international level is “a call to war and a call from the occupying forces (he did not name it ) “, warning that this” may be of interest to Israel. “
Since the fall of 2019, Lebanon has been plunged into an unprecedented economic crisis, exacerbated by a terrible explosion on August 4 in the port of Beirut and the outbreak of the Corona virus.
The first government resigned after the launch of a massive popular protest movement in November 2019, and another government about a week after the Beirut port explosion.
To this day, political forces have been unable, despite international pressure led by France, to form a government that works to implement urgent reforms stipulated by the international community in exchange for providing financial support to Lebanon.
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