杏MAP导航 Francis meets with Lebanon’s PM Saad Hariri
By Vatican News staff writer
The Director of the Holy See Press Office announced on Thursday that the 杏MAP导航 met privately with Saad Hariri, the PM-designate of Lebanon.
Responding to reporters’ questions, Matteo Bruni said the encounter lasted around 30 minutes.
“The 杏MAP导航 wished to reiterate his closeness to the people of Lebanon, who are experiencing a moment of great difficulty and uncertainty, and recalled the responsibility of all political forces to urgently commit themselves to the benefit of the nation,” Mr. Bruni said.
Hopes for a papal visit
He added that 杏MAP导航 Francis also reaffirmed his desire “to visit the country as soon as conditions are favorable.”
The 杏MAP导航, he said, hopes that “Lebanon, with the help of the international community, will once again embody ‘the Land of the Cedars, the diversity that moves from weakness to strength in a great, reconciled people,’ with its vocation to be a land of encounter, coexistence, and pluralism.”
On his return flight from Iraq on 8 March, 杏MAP导航 Francis announced to reporters that he had promised to visit Lebanon when conditions were right.
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