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From this place filled with love, I offered prayers that Lebanon remain a land of freedom, encounter and hope, and that our monasteries remain beacons of faith, knowledge and service wherever Lebanese may be.

I was pleased to meet the monastery's superior, Father Marwan Issa, and the priests, and I expressed in a word I wrote in the golden record my emotion at visiting this monastery, in which we find something of Lebanon's warmth, the depth of its faith and the authenticity of its message.

I was deeply moved by my visit to Saint Anthony's Monastery in Montreal, which belongs to the Lebanese Maronite Order and was purchased by Abbot Boutros Namaan in 1984 and designated as a shelter for Lebanese who arrived in Canada as immigrants with nowhere to stay.

The goal is to liberate the land from occupation and liberate the citizen from illegal weapons, and the matter is not ideological but a desire to live in a normal state where people work and their children go to school, and where Lebanon recovers its role as a cultural and medical center in the Middle East and its economic prosperity, which cannot be achieved as long as the strategic decision and the decision of war and peace are not in the hands of the state.

It is not permissible to compromise Lebanon's interests in service of the interests of others.

Lebanon will not pay the price for the ambitions of any leader in the region or any expansionist authoritarian regime, and will not accept that any faction opens a war at its expense in support of this or that side, bringing occupation, destruction and displacement, nor that the state be held hostage to other countries.

The problem with Iran is that it has not yet recognized that in Lebanon there is a government independent in its decision, which does not need anyone to make decisions for it or impose them on it

I stressed on my part the importance of Canada's role, and that the Lebanese decision is independent and does not need anyone to make it on its behalf, and I tasked the minister with the request for a unified aid program for Lebanon and a statement supporting its sovereignty at the next G7 meeting in Paris.

Together we launched the "Canada-Lebanon Partnership for Security and Resilience," a new framework for cooperation in security, stability, humanitarian aid, governance and development, in support of Lebanon's sovereignty and confining arms to the hands of the state.

I met in Ottawa with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand, in a bilateral meeting followed by an expanded meeting over breakfast.

I met with Canadian Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon, and discussed with him the resumption of direct flights between Lebanon and Canada given its importance to the Lebanese community. We agreed to follow up on the matter through the competent channels in both countries.

It is a great honor to raise Lebanon's flag in Canada, and the Lebanese diaspora is 'in our hearts.'

A new war that Hezbollah is preparing at Iran's request

I expressed our concern about a new war that Hezbollah is preparing for at Iran's request, and I recalled the need for Israel to withdraw and stop its attacks. I also referred to the government's decisions on restricting weapons and banning the party's military and security activities, and stressed the role of the Lebanese army and the importance of supporting it so it can carry out its mission

I received Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Helen McEntee, and thanked her for her country's role in UNIFIL and the sacrifices made by its soldiers. I informed her that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is following the file of the incident that killed the Irish soldier, with the aim of holding those responsible for the attack accountable. We agreed on the necessity of maintaining an international presence in the south, and discussed the role the European Union, currently chaired by her country, can play. I expressed our concern about a new war that Hezbollah is preparing at Iran's request, and noted the need for Israel to withdraw and stop its attacks. I also referred to the government's decisions regarding restricting weapons and banning the party's military and security activities, and stressed the role of the Lebanese army and the importance of supporting it so it can carry out its mission.

It is not only a security matter, but a political one par excellence, and it threatens state security.

I thanked the League for its solidarity decision with Lebanon issued by its council in Cairo, which is unprecedented in describing the Lebanese crisis in all its dimensions, and I stressed the importance of keeping the Arab Center for Law in Beirut.

I met today with the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil Fahmy, and the accompanying delegation, and we discussed developments in Lebanon and the region and ways to enhance cooperation between Beirut and the Arab League, based on the fact that Arab-Arab cooperation, especially in national security and the economy, is a strategic interest.

I met today the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Nabil Fahmy, and the accompanying delegation, and we discussed developments in Lebanon and the region and ways to enhance cooperation between Beirut and the Arab League, based on the fact that Arab-Arab cooperation, especially in national security and the economy, is a strategic interest. I thanked the League for its solidarity decision with Lebanon issued by its council in Cairo, which is a precedent in describing the Lebanese crisis in all its dimensions, and I stressed the importance of keeping the Arab Center for Law in Beirut

There is no sovereignty with dual weapons, and no stability with a decision unrestrained outside state institutions.

The priority of the Lebanese state is the liberation of the occupied territories, stopping the Israeli attacks, restoring the decision of war and peace, and restricting the weapons of armed organizations.

The path is difficult and long, but the Lebanese government is determined, under American auspices and Arab support, to reach a result that serves Lebanon's interest alone, not the interest of any other country, foremost Iran.

The priority of the Lebanese state is to liberate the occupied territories, stop Israeli attacks, restore the decision of war and peace, and confine the weapons of armed organizations.

Hezbollah dragged Lebanon into an absurd war it did not want, and the Lebanese have paid and are still paying a heavy price because of it.

Lebanon, for its part, has taken a clear sovereign decision to restrict weapons and the use of force to the hands of the state alone across all its territory. This is an essential choice for restoring sovereignty, entrenching stability and rebuilding strong and capable state institutions.

We want Europe to be an essential partner in this new phase, not only in helping Lebanon manage its crises, but also in overcoming them and emerging from them.

It has taken a clear sovereign decision to restrict weapons and the use of force to the hands of the state across all its territory.

We are working to restore state authority and put it on the path of stability

I held fruitful talks with the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, covering various aspects of the situation in Lebanon and ways to enhance cooperation with the European Union.

We are working to restore state authority and put it on a path of stability