MIKATI HOLDS SERIES OF LOCAL, SECURITY AND DIPLOMATIC MEETINGS AT GRAND SERAIL, BROACHES DEVELOPMENTS WITH EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR, MEETS LAWMAKERS

Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, on Tuesday held a meeting at the Grand Serail, with Caretaker Water and Energy Minister, Dr. Walid Fayyad, and the Director General of Electricite Du Liban (EDL), Kamal Hayek. Minister Fayyad said that the meeting followed up on the outcome of the positive visit to Iraq last Sunday. Prime Minister Mikati also received at the Grand Serail, the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Lebanon, Alaa Moussa, who said that they discussed the overall situation and developments in the region and Lebanon, and they exchanged views reggarding the latest developments. Premier Mikati then received Acting Director General of General Security, Brigadier General Elias Baissari, with whom he discussed the security situation in the country. The Premier later received respectively MPs Bilal Al-Hashimi, Walid Al-Baarini, Ihab Matar, Ahmed Al-Khair, and Ghazi Zoaiter, over relevant district demands and developmental affairs. Amon Premier Mikati's itinerant visitors for today had be en a delegation from the New Mazloum Hospital. Mikati later received the Secretary General of the United Cities and Local Governments Organization - Middle East and West Asia Section, Dr. Mehmet Duman. Discussions touched on the activities provided by the organization and the possibility of providing support and assistance to Lebanon. Mikati then welcomed at the Grand Serail, Lebanon's Ambassador to Italy, Mira Daher. The Premier then received the Head of American Task Force for Lebanon, Edward Gabriel. Source: National News Agency - Lebanon