Sfeir voices hope that Lebanese will overcome obstacles to “tranquility”

 

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir voiced hope Wednesday that Lebanon would overcome all the obstacles it is witnessing in order for the country to recover its freedom, prosperity and peace. “All Lebanese should cooperate in favor of their country, which is going through a very tough period,” Sfeir said before a delegation of Lebanese Forces students. “We are doing our best to help Lebanon return to normalcy where all of its residents live in tranquility,” he added.

 

Sfeir also met on Wednesday with Culture Minister Tarek Mitri, with whom he discussed the latest developments in Lebanon.

 

Maronite League chief Joseph Tarabay said after meeting Sfeir that the Lebanese failed to elect a new

president despite Arab and international efforts to fill the presidential vacuum.

 

“We believe, along with Bkirki, that the Christians are being excluded from the issue of presidential election,” Tarabay said.