Marouni Meets with Geagea, Highlights Importance of “Christian unity”
Following his meeting with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea in Maarab on Wednesday, Tourism Minister Elie Marouni said that relations between the LF and Kataeb Party are “an eternal brotherly relation.”
He highlighted the importance of “Christian unity,” which “all Christians opt for through intensifying deliberations among the various Christian parties.”
In response to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s remarks, in which he said that the opposition no longer insists on being granted veto power in the upcoming cabinet, Marouni said that “words should be turned into action,” calling on the opposition to “really recognize the results of the 2009 parliamentary elections.”
“The March 14 coalition insists on preserving national unity and civic peace,” he added, voicing support for a partnership without conditions.
Marouni condemned the Israeli violations in the South – a reference to last week’s series of explosions of what is thought to be an underground Hezbollah arms storage facility in Kherbet Selm, its residents’ clashes with UNIFIL forces as well as the Kfar Shouba event, during which people, led by Development and Liberation bloc MP Qassem Hashem, cut through barbed wire laid by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) near Baathaiil Lake and staked Lebanese and Hezbollah flags over an Israeli observation post – urging UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces to “take necessary measures to maintain security and stability.”