Speaker Nabih Berri received a letter from US President Donald Trump, congratulating him on Lebanon’s Independence Day, stressing that “the United States always appreciates the cultural, familial, political and economic relations between the Lebanese and the American peoples.”
Trump added that Lebanon was a strong ally in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism, adding that his country will continue to support Lebanon in order preserve stability and sovereignty.
On another note, Berri also received a letter from Iraqi vice President Iyad Allawi, congratulating him on the Independence Day.