Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Beshara Boutros Rai continued on Friday receiving well-wishers on the occasion of the Christmas holiday.
Rai also received phone calls from MP Bahia Hariri and Mrs. Nazek Rafik Hariri.
On Thursday, Patriarch Rai had met with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s bureau chief Nader Hariri, who briefed him on the outcome of the first round of talks between Hezbollah and the Future Movement.
The first dialogue session between Hezbollah and the Future Movement was held on Tuesday (December 23) at Ain El-Tineh in the presence of Speaker Nabih Berri and under his patronage.
The session was also attended by Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil.
The Shi’ite group was represented by Hezbollah Secretary General's Political Assistant Hajj Hussein Khalil, Minister of Industry Hussein al-Hajj Hassan and MP Hassan Fadlallah whereas the Future Movement was represented by Interior Minister Nouhad Mashnouq, MP Samir al-Jisr and adviser Nader Hariri.