Lebanese Ministry of Information
Caretaker Information Minister, Dr. Manal Abdel Samad Najd, paid a visit today to the Beirut Fire Brigade Center, which lost 10 of its personnel in the Beirut port blast on August 4.
Abdel Samad met with the Regiment’s Commander, Colonel Nabil al-Khankarli, and the Head of Public Relations, First Lieutenant Ali Najm, with whom she conferred over various matters of concern.
The Caretaker Minister then conducted a tour among a number of damaged houses as a result of the August explosion, where she met with some of the victims’ families and listened to their burdens and demands.
Abdel Samad stressed the “need to achieve justice,” highlighting the “role of the army, security services and state institutions, as well as civil society, in working hand in hand to advance our country and fight corruption together,” emphasizing that “the state is all of us, in whichever position, and we must all work to preserve it.”
She also called for “solidarity and cohesion among the Lebanese to face the prevailing difficult economic situation.”
Abdel Samad was accompanied on her tour by a “Lebanon TV” Station work team.
NNA
