Aoun hopes new govt. will be formed swiftly to 'put things on right track'
President Joseph Aoun announced Saturday that he has not come to "work in politics, but rather to build a state."
Such a state "can only be built upon fairness and equality among all components, who are united by one identity," Aoun told Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Latif Daryan in a meeting in Baabda.
"There are neither victors nor losers and we have witnessed what has recently happened, when everyone sustained damage," Aoun added, referring to the recent war between Israel and Hezbollah.
"This country and its people have had enough and the coming generations and our elderly do not need more suffering," Aoun said.
He added: "We are before a major opportunity which we can win or lose, and in order to benefit from it we have to be hand in hand."
The president also hoped that the new government "will be formed as soon as possible so that things can be put on the right track and to build bridges of confidence with the world."
He adeed that the Lebanese should benefit from foreign assistance instead of using it to intimidate each other.
"No sect is superior over another and no person is superior over another. We are all Lebanese, we carry the same identity, we chant the same national anthem and the Lebanese flag is for us all. The right to differ is sacred, but the right to disputes is prohibited," Aoun went on to say.
Source: Naharnet
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