Aoun to Visit the Vatican and Kuwait
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Following his tour that included several Arab countries, President Michel Aoun prepares to kick start a trip that will involves the Vatican and Kuwait, media reports said on Thursday.
A specific date has not been set as yet, but reports said it will be some time soon.
Aoun will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican, while his visit to Kuwait comes upon the invitation of Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah.
After his election as president in October, Aoun launched an Arab tour his first-leg as president was to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, and Qatar.
On Tuesday, Aoun wrapped up a visit that included Egypt, the Arab League and Jordan where he met with the state's leaders.
16 February 2017, 10:57
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I have the utmost respect for general aoun who is now president for preparing to kickstart a trip that will involve the Vatican and Kuwait to give his latest trip an East-West flavor and to add to his mounting Frequent Flyer Miles.
16 February 2017, 14:47
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Aoun is expected to recommend to the Pope that he adopt for Italy the tested solution to political instability enshrined in Lebanon's Article 24: half of the seats in the Italian Parliament should be filled by Christians. How they are selected, and how the other half of the Parliament is filled, can be left up to the normal political process.
La Traviata, the Italian daily with deep contacts in the Vatican, reports that the Pope's initial reaction to Aoun's proposed query was, "Oh, I don't think we could find enough Christians!"
