During the "Ask Gebran" meeting organized by RPL in France, the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, affirmed that Lebanon's main challenge is preserving the idea of partnership, pluralism and coexistence, considering that the Lebanese experience remains better than monolithic thinking. Bassil touched on the anniversary of 13 October and the symbolism of his visit to France and the inauguration of the statue of Patriarch Elias Boutros Hoayek at the Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral in Paris, calling for a Lebanon based on full partnership among its components and describing the Lebanese diaspora as a lever for development.
Lebanon Debate's coverage focused on the content of the meeting and its symbolic backdrop (the 13 October anniversary and the statue in Paris) and on the wording of Bassil's position on monolithic thinking, while Lebanon 24 limited itself to the call for a Lebanon of full partnership among components, and Al-Diyar added a development dimension by describing the Lebanese diaspora as a lever for development.