French Embassy: Le Drian in Beirut tomorrow to represent Macron at Sfeir's funeral
15 أيار 2019 19:18
In a press release by the French Embassy in Beirut, it said that French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, arrives in Beirut tomorrow [Thursday] to represent French President, Emmanuel Macron, at the funeral of the late former Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir.
"Throughout his life, Patriarch Sfeir has been one of the great reconciliation and peace makers in Lebanon," press release said.
Minister Le Drian will mourn Patriarch Sfeir as a friend of France, a great patriot, and a staunch defender of Lebanon's independence and sovereignty of Lebanon, release said.