President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun, affirmed on Friday that “Human brotherhood is a value that was at the core of the establishment of Lebanon as a homeland for coexistence, and it must be preserved because it has become a global value today, on the basis of which many societies rise from their setbacks, without canceling or excluding any of its components”.

President Aoun’s positions came on the occasion of the United Nations’ commemoration of the Second International Day of Human Fraternity, which is today, on the occasion of the signing of the Document on Human Fraternity for Global Peace and Coexistence between Pope Francis and Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb, three years ago in Abu Dhabi.  

The President said, "Lebanon, which contributed to the establishment of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and included commitment to it in the introduction of its constitution, has always believed that what unites people, regardless of their religious, ethnic and cultural affiliations, is mutual respect that opens the door wide to the establishment of a culture of peace, which is in turn, strengthened through tolerance, solidarity and mutual understanding”.

President Aoun also considered that “Lebanon, despite all the difficulties, still constitutes a model of human brotherhood, and what it laid is an anchor of salvation that we must all adhere to in order to restore our homeland, especially in the face of the logic of conflict, to assure our children and the world that we are able together to complete our path  shared by mutual respect for our idiosyncrasies that enrich our unity with its diversity”. 

The President then met with Baalbek-Hermel Governor, Bashir Khoder, today at Baabda Palace.

The needs of the region and the social, security, and health conditions it is going through were tackled, in addition to the electricity issue.

President Aoun also received Minister of Tourism Engineer Walid Nassar, with his family members, to thank him for his sympathy after the death of Minister Nassar's father, late Raphael Naoum Nassar.