Caretaker Information Minister, Ziad Makary, hosted a ceremony at his ministry office on Wednesday to honor L’Orient Le Jour daily after being awarded the Francophonie\u2019s “Grande M\u00e9daille.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The event was attended by a crowd of ambassadors of the francophone states, alongside the Editors Order Chief and the Director General of the Information Ministry, among other figures.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“We gather here today to honor a daily that has been unremittingly committed to media and Francophonie, and that bore witness to the best and worst moments of Lebanon’s history,” said Makary.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“We are here to celebrate this professional commitment and this talent that marked the only French-speaking newspaper in the Middle East,” he added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Ever since its founding on June 15, 1971, L’Orient Le Jour remained loyal, and it has not failed to assume its key role,” he continued.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“It shed light on the free, pluralist and democratic Lebanon,” he underlined.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“L’Orient Le Jour has advocated and promoted these noble values, armed with a financial independence that allowed it to preserve a large margin of free speech even amid hostile conditions,” he went on saying, hailing the daily’s resilience and capacity to overcome hardships.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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