A team from the United Nations Support Mission in Libya met with an elite group of academics and jurists from the universities of Tripoli, Misrata, Al-Zawiya, the Open University in Tripoli, and the Bar Association, to exchange views on developments in the political and constitutional paths in the country.
In this meeting, which was held yesterday at the mission’s headquarters in Tripoli, the Libyan experts stressed the necessity of continuing the dialogue with the aim of reaching a solid constitutional framework that expresses the will of all Libyans and moves the country to the stage of sustainable political stability.
They called for removing all obstacles to the progress of the constitutional path and creating the atmosphere for holding safe, free and comprehensive elections.
For its part, the mission team stressed the importance of the contribution of Libyan national expertise alongside political actors in formulating the country’s constitutional framework, expressing the mission’s readiness to provi
de the necessary support to advance the electoral process in accordance with its mandate.
Source: Libyan News Agency
Catholicos of Armenian Catholic House of Cilicia, Patriarch Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian, on Thursday visited, with an accompanying delegation, the Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, Mor Ignatius Joseph III Younan, at the Patriarchal headquarters in Mathaf.
During the meeting, Patriarch Minassian offered well-wishes to Patriarch Younan, on Christmas and the New Year, wishing him ‘glorious holidays filled with goodness and blessings, and a New Year that brings peace, security, tranquility and stability to the world.’
Patriarchs Minassian and Younan discussed ‘the general situation in Lebanon, the Middle East and the Christian presence in the region.’
They also discussed common ecclesiastical affairs.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon