Head of the Progressive Socialist Party, MP Taymour Jumblatt, visited today Al-Naameh Monastery accompanied by a delegation including MPs Marwan Hamadeh and Raji Al-Saad and party officials. Jumblatt and the accompanying delegation were received by the General Head of the Lebanese Maronite Order, Abbot Hadi Mahfouz, the head of the Naameh Monastery, Father Samir Al-Ghawi, as well as a number of officials from the order and heads of monasteries. A luncheon banquet was held in their honor, during which Abbot Mahfouz spoke about the “historical relationship linking the Mukhtara, the Jumblatt family and the Progressive Socialist Party to the Lebanese Monastic Order.” He thanked Jumblatt and his accompanying delegation for their visit and hoped for the “continuation of cooperation for the good of the Mountain and Lebanon,” congratulating Jumblatt on assuming the presidency of the Progressive Socialist Party, succeeding his father Walid Jumblatt, who enjoys great respect among the Lebanese Monastic Order. Jumblatt, in turn, thanked Abbot Mahfouz and the Lebanese Order for their warm reception, emphasizing “the cooperation that existed with the former heads of the Order, including Abbot Basil Al-Hashem, whom the Order lost last week.” The PSP Chief hoped for improved conditions for the country and for Lebanon’s recovery from its ordeal, so as to continue the process of cooperation in the future.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon