(Update) Mikati meets French, Russian Ambassadors, chairs financial, environmental and health meetings, receives Sovereign Front for Lebanon delegation

(Update) Mikati meets French, Russian Ambassadors, chairs financial, environmental and health meetings, receives Sovereign Front for Lebanon delegation

 

NNA - Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, on Wednesday welcomed at the Grand Serail, French Ambassador to Lebanon, Anne Grillo, with whom he discussed the country’s general situation.

Caretaker Premier Mikati also received at the Grand Serail, the Russian Ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Rudakov.

During the meeting, Premier Mikati stressed keenness to maintain good relations with Russia and the desire to develop them.

Talks also touched on the positive results of the negotiations to demarcate the southern Lebanese maritime borders.

Ambassador Rudakov, in turn, said that they discussed the latest developments in Lebanon, as well as the situation in Ukraine and the United Nations.

On the other hand, Mikati chaired a meeting at the Grand Serail devoted to discussing with international organizations the swiftest means to combat the outbreaking  Cholera epidemic. 

After the meeting, Caretaker Minister of Environment, Nasser Yassin, said: "We’ve discussed the appropriate steps to combat the cholera epidemic, and a road map was drawn up for this end. International organizations will support all the places that provide water to Syrian refugee camps to ensure their cleanliness. They will also support all sewage and water pumping stations with diesel, especially in Baalbek, Akkar, Central Bekaa and West Bekaa camps, in addition to placing chlorine in