Former MP Fares Saeed held an Iftar ceremony at his Qartaba residence yesterday evening, which was attended by former ministers Nohad Machnouk, Marwan Hamadeh and Ahmed Fatfat, Ambassador Simon Karam, Dr. Radwan al-Sayed, Engineer Maroun Helou, Dr. Mona Fayyad, and Professors Richard Jreissati, Fadi Hafez and Ayman Jezzini.

The gathering was an occasion to discuss the crisis afflicting Lebanon and the need to support Bkerke's initiative.

In this connection, the attendees stressed that they will seek to render the initiative of the Maronite Patriarch, Bechara Boutros Rahi, prominent at the national, Arab and international levels.