Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi deemed in his Sunday sermon that Lebanon is protected by the strength of Security Council Resolution 1701.
“The Church does not stop calling for an end to wars and resolving disputes through diplomatic means, and Lebanon is protected by the strength of Security Council Resolution 1701,” Patriarch Al-Rahi said.
The Patriarch also urged Lebanese officials to adhere to Resolution 1701 so that the war does not spread to the country.
At the economic level, Al-Rahi considered that the draft budget was unfair to the Lebanese, asking: “Is it permissible to burden citizens more than the cost of the collapse by imposing random fees?
“How do those who prepare the budget turn a blind eye to tax evasion? This is a result of the chaos of the absence of the President of the Republic,” he concluded.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
The Ministry of Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates’ Affairs issued an appeal to the Egyptian students in Sudan not to head to conflict-stricken areas to save their lives.
The ministry said in a statement it has recently noticed that many Egyptian students studying in Sudan, who were evacuated from there after the start of the military operations, have returned back to Sudan in order to finish their study documents and some of them continued their study after returning to their universities.
The ministry added that the conflicting parties are intensifying their operations in the states which host universities, saying it received a number of appeals from students’ families to return their sons home.
Source: State Information Service Egypt
