MP Raad Leads Bloc's Delegation to Baabda Palace: Defending Lebanon Relies on Army-People-Resistance Formula
Head of Loyalty to Resistance bloc MP Mohammad Raad led on Monday a delegation to meet with President Joseph Aoun at Baabda Palace in order to felicitate him on Resistance and Liberation Day.
Members of Hezbollah bloc Ali Ammar, Hussein Al-Hajj Hasan, Hasan Fadlallah and Ami Sherri attended the meeting which tackled the means of protecting Lebanon from the Zionist aggression.
After the meeting, Hajj Raad stressed that the Resistance was behind the liberation of the Lebanese territories from the Zionist occupation, adding that the army-people-resistance formula is the basis of defending Lebanon.
Hezbollah lawmaker indicated that the meeting tackled the main issues of the complete Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon, the reconstruction project, and the political reform in Lebanon.
MP Raad affirmed that the state has to observe its commitments regarding the protection of the nation and the reconstruction, away from exclusive privileges.
A delegation consisting of Hezbollah parliamentarians visited Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday, and welcomed the outcome of the municipal and mayoral elections which were wrapped up on Saturday.
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