Sleiman expresses hope on Christmas for a better Lebanon

                     
Lebanese President, Michel Sleiman, expressed hope that Christmas would open the path to Lebanon's salvation and be an onset for nation setup. He congratulated all Lebanese on the occasion, wishing them a happy 2013 full of success.                  

Sleiman received at the Baabda Palace Social Affairs Minister, Wael Abu Faour, and discussed with him the condition of displaced Palestinians and Syrians in Lebanon.              

Afterward, he met with the Palestinian Ambassador, Ashraf Dabbour, who relayed to his host the preparations being made in local Palestinian camps to harbor  Palestinians who recently fled from the Yarmouk camp in Syria.             

For his part, Energy and Water Minister, Gebran Bassil, also visited Sleiman and discussed with him the preparations for starting gas exploration procedures in Lebanon.              

Interior and Municipalities Minister, Marwan Charbel, informed Sleiman of the latest updates concerning the referral of  the administrative decentralization file to the cabinet in the coming new year.