Caretaker PM Unveils Statue of ex-PM Hariri: They Have Turned the Weapons against Beirut in Your Absence
Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri credited on Thursday slain former Premier Rafik Hariri with rebuilding Beirut, saying that he helped transform it from a ghost town to a “city of dreams.”
Hariri made his statements during a ceremony unveiling a statue of the former prime minister before the Grand Serail in downtown Beirut.
Addressing his father, he said: “They have turned the weapons against Beirut in your absence.”
Hariri stressed: “We will follow your example and preserve Beirut.”
“Beirut withstood oppression and we have defended it and prevented it from slipping into strife,” he added.
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