Tristan Azbej, the Prime Minister's Secretary of State responsible for helping persecuted Christians and the implementation of the Hungary Helps Program, attended a working lunch at the Lebanese Embassy yesterday with His Beatitude Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, the Patriarch of the Lebanese Maronite Church, and Joanna Maria Azzi, Lebanon's Ambassador to Hungary.

the in Magyar Hírlap , both the cardinal and the ambassador praised the efforts of the Government of Hungary to keep persecuted Christians and their communities in the Middle East. Tristan Azbej reported on the results of the Hungary Helps Program and emphasized that thanks to Hungarian assistance, the Hungarian government program already ensures the stay of 250,000 people in their homeland.