Baqakfra municipality opens the apple and wine festival in the presence of prominent personalities

On Saturday, the Baqakfra municipality opened the apple and wine festival, under the auspices of the Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Louis Lahoud, and in the presence of a number of prominent personalities, including the Patriarchal MP, Bishop Elias Nassar, President of the Monastery of Saint Charbel, Father Elias Shoukry, President of the Federation of Municipalities of Human Judicial and the municipality of Baqaakfra Eli Makhlouf, Justan Isaac, the wine festival organizer and the Wine Rallly Paper project, The head of the Northern Lebanon Agriculture Authority, Sonia Al -Abyad, head of the Agricultural Center in Bushra Jean Murad, head of the Agricultural Center in Zahle Salim Al -Maalouf, and President of the Rural Development Association – the land of Baqakfra, Massara, Chlefun Nakad, in addition to a wide media presence.
After the guests toured the Church of the lady, familiar with the parish priest, Father Milad Makhlouf, on the history of the ancient Church, the festival that continues until Sunday evening was opened with the Lebanese national anthem. Lahoud indicated at the beginning of his speech on the occasion, to “the cooperation of the municipalities of a human judiciary with the Ministry of Agriculture in several areas, including the preservation of the burning wealth and the increase in its area.” The presence of the Minister of Agriculture (Nizar Hani) on August 17 with the municipalities, to have a road map for this region. He revealed “a conference of contractual agriculture, in the Union of Municipalities with the Ministers of Industry (Joe Issa El -Khoury) and agriculture, stressing the linking of agriculture to the industry. His head), and therefore he is the best in Lebanon and in the world. Also last year, the Jordan market was opened fifteen days before its date. All apple farmers in Lebanon, at the Jerusalem University in Kaslik, Tuesday, September 30th. He also stressed what the Minister of Agriculture said, on August 17, from Al -Diman, that the Ministry of Agriculture will stop importing apples, all over the world, in order to preserve local production. The Maronite Bishops Council, who “adopted the agricultural sector, along the extension of Lebanese lands.” Also, this sector has many job opportunities. The town of Zahle was also classified as one of the ten most important towns in the wine industry. We have to maintain this.