Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said that “The election of a new president holds the key to resolving Lebanon’s crises. This event must take place soon; its fruit has ripened and I fear it will fall."
Berri stressed that "peace for Lebanon and making it to the “State” can only be achieved outside the alliances”.
“Lebanon, which impressed the world with its resistance, cannot give up on it while our land is still another state’s ambition. It can neither give up on the role and weapons of the resistance and its sovereignty, nor can it accept to keep its northern and southern borders under threat,” he added.
The launching ceremony of the Regie Libanaise des Tabacs et Tombacs" 2016 Sustainable Development" plan titled "Development Vision for a Brighter Tomorrow”, was held under the auspices of Berri and in the presence of the President of the Lebanese Economic Organizations former Minister - Adnan Kassar, the President of the Council for Development and Reconstruction - Nabil Jisr, the Chairman of the Council of the Souclass="s3">d previously refused a request to import this kind into Lebanon.”