Minister of National Defense, Maurice Sleem, laid a wreath in the name of the Lebanese Republic at the tomb of late President Fouad Chehab in the town of Ghazir – Keserwan, marking the 78th anniversary of Lebanon’s independence.
Attending were: Army Chief’s representative Brigadier General Anis Khoury, Mayor of Ghazir Charles Haddad, head of the Fouad Chehab Foundation former minister Adel Hamieh, and members of the Foundation: Brigadier General Jean Nassif, Princes Abdallah, Jimmy and Albert Chehab, and Princesses Carla Chehab and Badia Chehab Abi al-Lamaa on behalf of the Chehab family.