Lebanese President to arrive in Italy today

Lebanese President Elias Hrawi will visit the Vatican today to meet with Pope John Paul II and Italian counterpart, President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro.

Lebanese President Elias Hrawi said the Lebanese people seek peace. In a speech he delivered on Thursday on the inauguration of the 33rd medical conference for the Middle East at American University in Beirut with the participation of medical practitioners from the US, Britain, Canada, Spain, Norway, India, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon, President Hrawi said Lebanon is working relentlessly to cope with civilization, technology and scientific and cultural progress.