NNA - Maronite Patriarch Mar Beshara Boutros Rahi on Thursday blasted the monstrous act of Bir El Abed explosion and all forms of violence prevailing on the local scene, calling on the Lebanese to turn to their conscience and thwart any attempt to destabilize their country.



On another level, Patriarch Rahi received at his summer residence in Diman, former Minister Charles Rizk, with whom he discussed regional and international developments.



He then received the Romanian Ambassador Daniel Tanasse.


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