Aoun receives delegation of Lebanese Banks Association

24 February 2017 English
President Michel Aoun received on Thursday at the Baabda Palace a delegation of the Lebanese Banks Association headed by Joseph Tarabay.
Talks reportedly featured high over the state’s budget and the country’s banking sector.

 

Aoun also received head of the Constitutional Council Dr. Issam Sleiman.
Sleiman handed President Aoun a project prepared by him that aims at widening the powers of the Council.

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