Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, on Thursday met at the Grand Serail with Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Abdallah Bou Habib, with whom he discussed the current situation of the ministry of foreign affairs.
Mikati then met with Director General for the Middle East at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Vijay Rangarajan, in the presence of British Ambassador to Lebanon, Hamish Cowell, with whom he discussed the repercussions of the earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, and the difficulty of securing aid to stricken regions.
For his part, the British official thanked the “Lebanese humanitarian institutions for swiftly responding to humanitarian calls to help those afflicted in quake-hit areas.”
Cowell then lauded “Lebanon’s strategic role in the region,” calling on Lebanese politicians to expedite the election of a new president.
Source: National News Agency