House Speaker Nabih Berri cabled today the Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, expressing his deepest condolences on the passing of the Emir of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

Berri expressed the great loss that the Lebanese are feeling on this sad day, considering that “with the Emir’s passing, Lebanon as well as Kuwait and the Arab and Islamic worlds, have lost a figure who worked for the sake of the homeland, the nation’s resilience and the unification of its word towards achieving progress and stability.”

“In the name of the Parliament, and in the name of the Lebanese people, I extend to your Highness, to the Al-Sabah family, and to the brotherly Kuwaiti people, my deepest condolences, asking the Lord Almighty to grant us patience and solace, to rest his soul in peace, and to protect you and Kuwait with His heavenly care.”

The House Speaker also sent a cable of condolences to his counterpart, Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Asse
mbly, Ahmed Al-Aziz Al-Saadoun.

On a different level, Berri received today at Ain El-Tineh Palace the Acting Central Bank Governor, Wassim Mansouri, followed by the Jaafari Mufti Sheikh Ahmed Qabalan. with whom he discussed the general situation and political and field developments in light of the escalation of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and the villages and towns of Lebanon’s southern border with occupied Palestine.
Source:National News Agency – Lebanon