Suleiman Lauds Lebanon's Youth for Resisting Israel, Defeating Terror
President Michel Suleiman met on Saturday with Lebanon's delegation to the Francophone Games in southern France, saying Lebanese youth resisted Israel and defeated terrorism through the army.
“Lebanese youth have the will and have been capable of making wider achievements than any other country,” Suleiman told the delegation that is participating in the games in the coastal city of Nice.
“They resisted Israel and were able through the Lebanese army to defeat terrorism too,” Suleiman said.
“Lebanon is going through unprecedented difficult circumstances,” he said, while lauding the Francophone Games that were held in Beirut in 2009.
Suleiman will take part in the opening of the 2013 games and is scheduled to hold separate talks on Saturday with President Francois Hollande and Abdou Diouf, Francophonie secretary-general.
Suleiman is accompanied by First Lady Wafaa, caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Samir Moqbel, caretaker Culture Minister Gaby Layyoun and a Lebanese delegation.
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