NNA – Prime Minister Najib Mikati pursued on Saturday his meetings in Dubai on the sidelines of his participation in the quot;COP2quot; Conference, wherenbsp;he conferred with French President Emmanuel Macron on the situation in Gaza and southern Lebanon.
Talks also touched on the outcome of the visit by President Macronrsquo;s envoy to Lebanon, Jean-Yves Le Drian, and the deliberations he held with Lebanese officials and leaders.
The Prime Minister later held talks with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, renewing Lebanon#39;s appreciation for Irelandrsquo;s effective and valuable contribution to the UNIFIL peacekeeping forces in the South, hailing quot;the sacrifices that UNIFIL is making to maintain peace innbsp;south Lebanon, ensuring stability for the people of the southern region and for Lebanon as a whole.rdquo;
PM Mikati met as well with his Italian counterpart, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, with whom he discussed Lebanese-Italian bilateral relations.
He later held a meeting with Scottish Prime Minister Hamza Yusuf, praising his position regarding the Israeli attacks on Gaza and southern Lebanon.
quot;The issue of Palestine does not concern the Arabs only, but rather it is an international humanitarian issue in the first place and requires a just and comprehensive solution that preserves the rights of the Palestinians,quot; Mikati underlined.
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