Beirut, on January 25, 2010

His Eminence the Sheikh of Druze Monotheist Confession, El Sheikh Naim Hassan made a condolences call to the President of Republic General Michel Sleiman for the Ethiopian Airlines Airplane crash accident describing the accident that cost the life to many Lebanese and not Lebanese as a national tragedy and human disaster.
He presented hi condolences to the State headed by the President of Republic General Michel Sleiman, the French ambassador in Lebanon, the families of the victims, asking the Almighty God to cover the victims with His Mercy.
El Sheikh Hassan called the authorities to take all the procedures, and use all of its efforts in the search operation for survivors and picking up the corpses, to make the required investigations to reveal the reasons that lead to the disaster. He also called to participate in the general national mourning.
El Sheikh Hassan also sent the Druze confessional judge El Sheikh Ghandi Makarem to Rafic Hariri International Airport for this purpose.