NNA - Whoever abducts a bishop or a monk is a coward and whoever keeps silent is more than a coward, caretaker Energy minister Gibran Bassil, exclaimed during a dinner party given by the branch of the Aounist Trend in Tannourine yesterday night.



A broad sense of belonging, must be preserved for the sake of sub-ethnic-sectarian existence, Bassil added. Whoever thinks that a political affiliation contradicts a familial belonging is gravely mistaken for what our Free Trend achieved for this area stems from a deep sense of belonging and affiliation to this part of Lebanon, he went on.



Having mentioned a sum of U.S. $38 million invested in sanitary networks, Bassil spoke about a major regional challenge facing Oriental Christians especially those living in Syria. Takfeeris who abducted the nuns must be exposed for what they really are; obscurantists who kill themselves to kill others and that ultimately, our project shall be victorious, he concluded.



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