A delegation from the Lebanese Kataeb Party paid a solidarity visit on Thursday to the spiritual leader of the Druze community, Sheikh Sami Abil-Mona, in the wake of deadly events that recently struck members of the Druze population in the Syrian city of Sweida.

The delegation, received at the Druze religious headquarters in Beirut’s Verdun district, conveyed the condolences of Kataeb Party leader Samy Gemayel for the victims, while also reaffirming the party’s commitment to national unity and intercommunal dialogue.

The delegation included MP Salim Sayegh, political bureau members Rita Boulos, Lina Jalkh, and George Jamhouri, legal advisor to the party leader Sassine Sassine, Kataeb's Chouf District head Charbel Sassine, Kataeb's Baabda District head Bachir Bou Tanios, and former Tarshish mayor Gaby Semaan.

Speaking after the meeting, MP Sayegh said the visit was both a gesture of solidarity and an affirmation of the Kataeb Party’s historic ties with the Druze community.

“We came in the name of the Lebanese Kataeb Party and its president to express our solidarity with His Eminence Sheikh Sami Abil-Mona, with whom we share a long-standing friendship,” Sayegh told reporters.

“We stand by his side and draw inspiration from his national guidance, as we are united by a shared concern for Lebanon and the imperative to safeguard the Lebanese entity that protects all its citizens.”

Sayegh also conveyed the party’s condolences over the victims of the violence in Sweida.

“They are part of this afflicted Levant,” he said, calling on the Syrian government to assume its full responsibilities by preserving the unity of the Syrian state and respecting all of its components.

“The fragmentation of nations serves no one. It is something we in the Kataeb Party categorically reject,” he added.

The meeting also touched on historical and political issues, with Sayegh highlighting the foundational role of Maronites and Druze in the Lebanese national project.

“The unity of Mount Lebanon over the past 400 to 500 years laid the groundwork for the establishment of the modern Lebanese entity,” he said.

Sayegh recalled key moments in recent political history, including the 2000 reconciliation in Mukhtara between former President Amine Gemayel and Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat, as well as the landmark visit of the late Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir to the Chouf.

“What protects us today is dialogue,” Sayegh said. “And what guarantees our future is the will to live together, in Mount Lebanon as well as across the country.”

He emphasized that the Lebanese people deserve a life of dignity and justice in a state that acts as the ultimate arbiter of disputes.

“The people of Lebanon deserve a decent life and dignity under a just state that serves as the sole reference point in resolving all disagreements,” Sayegh concluded.