In the presence of MP Nidal Tohme, former MP Mustafa Hashem, Walid Al-Baarini, representing the former MP Wajih Al-Baarini, Khaled Al-Mere’bi, representing the former MP Talal Al-Mere’bi, Mahmoud Hadara, representing the Arab Horse Breeders' Association, and the heads of municipalities, mayors, notables, residents of al-Arida town, and farmers, the Regie’s President and General Manager Mr. Nassif Seklaoui sponsored the inauguration of a meeting hall in the border town of Al-Arida, which was financed by the Regie.
Akkari
After the ribbon cutting, the Imam of al-Arida mosque, Sheikh Khodor Akkari, delivered a speech in which he welcomed Seklaoui and the audience, thanking the "Regie administration for its initiative".
Seklaoui
After delivering the greetings of the Speaker of the Parliament President Nabih Berri to the people of Akkar in general and to the people of Al-Arida in particular, Seklaoui spoke and thanked the audience. He praised the "effort of the farmers in the towns of Akkar plain". "We meet in the village of tobacco and tombac, where farmers adopted the tobacco farming in order to provide their living, especially in the village of Al-Arida that keeps receiving endless promises, after it offered martyrs, in addition to its strategic geographical location on the bank of the Great Rival economy and public treasury.