The Saudi ambassador Ali Awad Asiri and the embassy's staff continued for a third and last day to receive condolences for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz in the hall of the Al-Amin mosque - central Beirut.
Among those who came to offer condolences were the mufti of the Lebanese Republic Sheikh Abdel Latif Derian accompanied by a delegation from Dar Al-Fatwa; the president of the Evangelical Church the Reverend Habib Badr; the Minister of Information Ramzi Jreij, the Minister of the Interior and Municipalities Nohad Machnouk, the Minister of Telecommunications Boutros Harb, and the Minister of State Nabil de Freige; the deputy speaker of parliament Farid Makari; the British ambassador Tom Fletcher; the German ambassador Christian Clages; and the deputies: Ali Osseiran, Kazem Al-Kheir, Serge Torsarkissian, Khodr Habib, Moeen Merehbi, Kassem Hashem, Ghassan Moukheiber, Ibrahim Kanaan, George Adwan, Antoine Zahra, Fadi Karam, Shant Chinchinian accompanied by members of the political bureau of the Lebanese Forces party, Salim Aoun, Naji Gharios and Bassem Al-Shab; and the former deputies and ministers: Faisal Al-Daoud, Salah Al-Haraka, Bassem Yammout, Raya Al-Hassan, Mohammad Rahhal and Khaled Kabbani.
Also present were the secretary general of the Supreme Defence Council Major General Mohammad Kheir at the head of a delegation from the general secretariat; the governor of Beirut Ziad Chebib; the secretary general of the Future Movement Ahmad Hariri accompanied by a delegation from the general secretariat and the executive bureau; the representative of the Hamas movement Osama Hamdan; the president of the Beirut Arab University Amr Jalal Al-Adawi; the president of the Independence Movement Michel Moawad; the president of the Change Movement Elie Mahfoud; the president of the Free Democrats party Tracy Chamoun accompanied by a delegation; a delegation from the Islamic Jihad movement headed by Abu Imad Al-Rifai; a delegation of the families of the abducted servicemen; a delegation from Al-Mabarrat Association and the office of the Marja' Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah headed by Sheikh Fouad Khreiss; along with political, union, media, religious, military, security, diplomatic and cultural figures and personalities, associations, women's bodies and popular crowds.
Asiri
In conclusion the ambassador Asiri said to the correspondent of the “National News Agency”: “Through you I address my great thanks for what I have sensed from all the members of this people, with all their sects and their political forces without any exception, of affection, love and esteem for the Kingdom and for its wise leadership. What those present and the media have expressed reflects exactly the depth of this relationship, which has no choice but to continue; and the relationship is one of affection and humanity before it is diplomatic.”
Asiri added: “The attendance of all the Lebanese from the north of Lebanon to its south reflects exactly the extent of their love for King Abdullah and the extent of their love, appreciation and congratulations to King Salman on taking up this banner, and their feeling towards the royal family and the people over this great loss we have suffered in circumstances in which we were in urgent need of King Abdullah's presence. But King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has taken up this banner, and he understands it completely and is skilled at leading and managing it; he was not far from decision-making in the Kingdom and from the Lebanese file, and his relations with many of the political, intellectual, religious and social forces in Lebanon are distinguished. Consequently we shall witness the continuity of this friendship, this distinguished relationship and this affection between the leaderships of the two peoples.”
He concluded: “It is a source of pride for us to see this love translated into deeds and not words, and in the attendance we have seen over three days, which did not stop for a single minute. Great thanks to all the Lebanese and to the media outlets.”
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