Member of Parliament, Melhem Riachy, on Monday visited Bkerki upon the request of “Lebanese Forces” party leader, Samir Geagea.
Riachy first took part in a mass celebrated by Maronite patriarch, Bechara Rahi.
In the wake of a closed-door meeting with the Patriarch, Riachy indicated that “the meeting focused on the country’s political situation, most specifically the question of the election of a new President of the Republic.”
Riachy went on to confirm the LF’s mutual vision with the Maronite patriarch regarding the presidential election, stressing that “relations [with the patriarch] are more than good, but rather excellent.”
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon