Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, on Monday chaired, at the Grand Serail a meeting devoted to discussing the airport file, in the presence of Caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi, Caretaker Tourism Minister Walid Nassar, Caretaker Transport Minister Ali Hamieh, General Security Chief Major General Elias Baysari, Civil Aviation Director General Fadi al-Hassan, and MEA chairman Mohammad Hout. On emerging, Minister Hamieh said that they held today an assessment meeting over services at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport, as part of the follow-up on the airport’s status. On the other hand, Premier Mikati met with Caretaker Environment Minister Nasser Yassin, with whom he discussed Ministry-related affairs. Mikati later met at the Grand Serail with the Head of the General Labor Confederation (GLC), Bechara Al-Asmar, accompanied by a delegation, with whom he discussed an array of laborers’ related affairs and demands. On emerging, Al-Asmar said that the delegation discussed with the Premier the current conditions of workers in public institutions, independent authorities, government hospitals, municipalities, Television of Lebanon TL, Ogero, and others. The PM later received Bqaa Safrin Municipality head Bilal Zod, in the presence of the Secretary General of the Supreme Defense Council, Major General Muhammad al-Mustafa, and the Secretary General of the High Relief Commission, Major General Mohammed Khair. On emerging, Zod said that the meeting with the Premier focused on the issue of the dispute over Qornet al-Sawda with the town of Bsharre, adding that he briefed the PM on the current atmosphere in the region. Mikati also received at the Grand Serail, the Acting Director General of General Security, Brigadier General Elias Baissari.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon