Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Beshara Boutros Rai headed Friday a meeting for the economic bodies in Bkerke in the presence of Bishop Samir Mazloum.
Among the meeting attendees, former Ministers Nicolas Nahas and Adel Qartas, Association of Banks chairman Joseph Tarabay, head of the Association of Importers and Distributors of Supplies for Agricultural Production Michel Akl, President of the Federation of Tourism Syndicates in Lebanon Pierre Ashkar, head of Beirut Traders Association Nicolas Chammas, President of the Syndicate of Private Hospitals Sleiman Haroun, head of the Lebanese Industrialists Association Jacques Sarraf, economic expert Elie Yachoui, Lebanese Farmers' Association head Antoine Howayek and president of Syndicate of Lebanese Food Industries Georges Nasraoui.