Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nabih Berri, received at the headquarters of the Second Presidency in Ain al-Tineh, former Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, Elie Ferzli, and the latest political developments and national affairs were discussed. After the meeting, Al-Ferzli said: “From the first day that the Israeli aggression began, at no time was Israel’s goal in Lebanon outside the area that it identified as a strategic security goal under the pretext of protecting the residents of northern Israel outside the framework of the Litani. Since the first day, the policy followed and the pressure exerted in secret and in public have had the main goal of transferring the conflict from the borders to the Lebanese interior. This is the basic and strategic goal of the Israeli aggression in Lebanon, as it is in Syria, as it is anywhere in the region that surrounds Israel in order to achieve its goal.” For a clear strategic goal, which is to fragment, divide and disorganize the region, and this is what the enemy’s prime minister announced on many occasions.” He added: “Today we are in the heart of this challenge, and therefore what is clearly required is the steadfastness of the Lebanese, defending their unity and the unity of their institutions, and rejecting strife in all its forms. This is what Speaker Berri has preferred to do since the first day of talking about it, and working to avoid it, and at the same time working to achieve the basic goal, which is Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon to the internationally recognized borders, implementing the armistice agreement, and moving towards arms control, which is also a major necessity in order to impose state authority over the entire Lebanese national territory, and thus it will be achieved.” The saying of an independent, sovereign country, national sovereignty within borders and on borders.” He continued: "Therefore, what is important today is how to achieve national cohesion, the cohesion of all components of Lebanese society and state institutions in order to preserve them. The Lebanese Army, in its leadership and pioneering role, to protect national reconciliation. I repeat, national reconciliation, and not to turn it into a tool for exploding the national reality. This is something I am fully confident that the entire leadership of the army, and the leaders in Lebanon, do not want us to reach this point, and we, God willing, must be optimistic about the near future, God willing." Jihad Al-Samad Speaker Berri also received the Chairman of the Parliamentary Defense, Interior and Municipalities Committee, Representative Jihad Al-Samad, where developments in the general situation, political and field developments, and legislative affairs were presented. Al-Samad said: “We were honored to meet the President and give a brief word about the framework agreement. This agreement, in short, was born dead, because it legitimizes the occupation and because its Lebanese sponsors do not have any credit.” He added: "History has taught us that any occupation is destined to disappear, and the only established truth is the people and owners of the land because the owner of the land is the owner of the right." He continued: "The strife that we are afraid of is that we will bring the army into confrontation with the people, and our bet is on the military institution and on the wisdom of the leader who practices the military institution's slogan 'Honor, Sacrifice, Loyalty' with all sincerity and sincerity. These are the matters that we discussed with the President, in addition to other local and legislative matters."