Bkerki sources informed al-Diyar daily that insulting any Christian figure is unacceptable most notably if it were the Presidential Seat. “Bkerki is not accustomed to go into verbal squabbles and deplores any disrespect that might affect the Presidential Seat,” the source divulged.

“The President and the Patriarch are said to have scheduled a meeting in the near future,” the source further added when inquired about the noted distance between the Presidential Seat and Patriarch al-Rahi.