• February 9: Fares receives the head of the International Foundation for the Unity of Orthodox Churches Mr. Valery Alexeyev
• March 7: Issam Fares to CNN Channel: ‘We in Lebanon abide by all UN Resolutions’
• April 8: Fares attends the funeral of His Holiness Pope John Paul II
• April 14: Fares attends in Monaco thefuneral of Prince Rainier
• April 19: Fares hosts in Monaco former US President George H.W. Bush
• April 26: Fares addresses the Parliament during the discussion of the Ministerial Statement: ‘I support an electoral law that reflects the Lebanese will’
• May 9: Fares holds a press conference, announces his decision not to run in the parliamentary elections
• June 15: Fares expresses optimism about the future of democracy in Lebanon
• July 18: Fares meets in Paris former US President Bill Clinton
• October 3: Russia honors Issam Fares in a book that includes a series of speeches, statements, and declarations he had pronounced in Russia, the US, Britain, Lebanon, and other countries
• October 13: Fares calls upon turning over a new Lebanese-Palestinian page based on confidence, away from paradoxes
• December: Publication of a book titled ‘Lebanon and the Middle East’ including Tufts Lecture Series
• December 18: Fares states, 'The loss of Gebran Tueini is an irreparable national loss'