Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Minister Youssef Raggi, offered his condolences today at the Mar Doumit Church in Burj Hammoud to the family members of Martyr Father Pierre Al-Rahi, parish priest of Qlayaa,

Minister Raggi affirmed that he stands with the family and people of Qlayaa, pledging to use all available diplomatic means to support their steadfastness and attachment to their land.

He praised "their firm choice to rely on the state and its institutions for protection, their rejection of the logic of war, and their determination to live in peace," describing this choice as "a source of appreciation and pride."