NNA – Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, on Tuesday met at the Grand Serail, with Deputy Director General of the Directorate General in charge of Eastern Neighbourhood & Economic Investments Plans at the European Commission, Katarina Mathernova, and EU Ambassador to Lebanon, Ralph Tarraf, and an accompanying delegation.
Discussions during the meeting reportedly touched on ways to support the Lebanese private sector and the need for the Lebanese and parliamentarians to expedite approving the restructuring of the banking sector, ‘’because without a strong banking sector, the economy cannot breathe and grow.”
Premier Mikati later met with Caretaker Minister of Social Affairs Hector Hajjar, with whom he discussed an array of ministry affairs.
Mikati also met with “Democratic Gathering” MP Akram Chehayeb, with talks touching on the current educational conditions.
The PM also received MP Mohammed Sleiman, with whom he discussed an array of developmental matters related to the district of Akkar.
Mikati then received MP Ahmed Al-Khair.
Moreover, Mikati also received at the Grand Serail a delegation of the Hajj and Umrah Affairs Authority, headed by former Minister Khaled Qabbani, who said after the meeting that they discussed with the Premier, Hajj (pilgrimage) related affairs.
Among Premier Mikati’s itinerant visitors for today had been a delegation from the Lebanese Basketball Federation, headed by its president, Akram Halabi.
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