Report: Christian meeting has become imminent

It seems that a long-awaited inter-Christian meeting will be held soon in Bkirki, after the stances of all parties were “taken into consideration, especially that of the Lebanese Forces,” a media report said on Thursday.

The LF had proposed that the meeting “tackle more than one name” who do not belong to the Hezbollah-led camp and that one of them be chosen with the “approval and blessing” of Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi.

According to ad-Diyar newspaper, the Free Patriotic Movement is willing to “endorse this choice: although it has not taken a final decision, seeing as it is still “carrying out contacts with some allies and friends.”

“All parties and components have become convinced that such a meeting has become a dire need and they have informed Archbishop of Antelias Antoine Bou Najem of this,” ad-Diyar said.

It added that Bou Najem will carry out a series of new meetings with the Christian parties that will precede al-Rahi’s call for the inter-Christian meeting.

The patriarch “will urge everyone to elect a president and agree on a name that is the subject of Christian unanimity,” the daily added.