House Speaker, Nabih Berri, on Monday received at the Second presidency in Ain El-Tineh, the President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Kate Forbes, with an accompanying delegation, in the presence of the Lebanese Red Cross President Dr. Antoine Zoghbi, and Lebanese Red Cross executive committee member, Amina Berri Fawaz.
Forbes briefed Speaker Berri on the IFRC work programs in Lebanon and the region.
Speaker Berri later welcomed the new Ambassador of Bangladesh to Lebanon, Javed Tanveer Khan, who came on a protocol visit upon assuming his new diplomatic mission in the country.
Discussions between the pair reportedly touched on the current general situation and the bilateral relations between the two countries.
Berri later met with Head of the “National Dialogue” Party, MP Fouad Makhzoumi, with whom he discussed the general situation, political developments, and legislative affairs.
Among Speaker Berri’s itinerant visitors for today had been the Vice-Presi
dent of the National Media Council and the Supervisor of the “Diaspora” Website, Ibrahim Awad,
On the other hand, Berri signed the 2024 budget bill and referred it to the Council of Ministers.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon