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Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi, on Monday received in Bkerki, Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, and Caretaker Minister of Telecommunications, Johnny Corm, as well as Lawyer Boutros Frangieh.
Discussions reportedly touched on national matters and the country’s general political situation.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Beirut on May 2nd 2024 together with President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides.
They will head to the Grand Serail for a meeting chaired by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, then to Ain el Tineh for a meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will receive at 4:30 p.m. today at the Grand Serail, a delegation from the ‘Strong Republic’ bloc, in the presence of Caretaker Interior and Municipalities Minister Judge Bassam Mawlawi, and Acting Chief of the General Security, Major General Elias Baissari.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, on Monday chaired a meeting at the Grand Serail, devoted to addressing the Syrian displaced file.
The meeting was attended by Caretaker Interior and Municipalities Minister Judge Bassam Mawlawi, acting chief of the General Security, Major General Elias Baissari, UN Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon, Imran Riza, UNCHR Representative in Lebanon, Ivo Freijsen, and Prime Minister’s Advisor Ziad Mikati.
Discussions during the meeting reportedly touched on cooperation between Lebanon and UNHCR and ways to address issues related to the displaced Syrian file.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rahi is currently meeting in Bkerki with Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, and Caretaker Minister of Telecommunications, Johnny Corm, as well as Télé Lumière chairman, Jack Kallassi.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
During the proceedings of the 11th International Cooperative Conference for Asia, the Pacific, the Middle East, and North Africa in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, attended by representatives from 52 countries, the Lebanese delegation, headed by the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Abbas Hajj Hassan, strongly denounced the aggressive actions carried out by Israel in the Gaza Strip.
The delegation called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and urged for prompt assistance to be provided to over 800 cooperatives in occupied Palestine, as advocated by representatives of the International Cooperative Alliance.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, on Monday received at his Bayyada residence, the Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to Lebanon, Ahmed Al Saidi, in the presence of MP Ghassan Atallah and Foreign Relations Officer Tarek Sadiq.
Discussions reportedly dwelt on political developments in the region, the Lebanese-Omani relations, and ways to strengthen them.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
ABU DHABI: Saeed Mubarak Al-Hajeri, Assistant Minister for Economic and Trade Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the UAE’s Sherpa of BRICS, participated in the second Sherpa meeting of the BRICS group, which was held in Moscow, Russia.
The meeting highlighted ways of reinforcing the integration of new members into the group.
On the sidelines of the meeting, the UAE delegation held several bilateral discussions with representatives from the Russian Federation, India, Ethiopia, China, Brazil, and South Africa. The meetings explored bilateral ties and prospects of cooperation within the BRICS framework.
Notably, the UAE received an invitation to join BRICS in August 2023, and has officially joined the group as a full member at the start of this year, along with the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The BRICS group include Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, as its original members.
Source: Emirates News Agency