Bassil meets Tracy Chamoun, Michel Mouawad

NNA – Free Patriotic Movement chief, Caretaker Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, met on Monday with Head of the Liberal Democrat Party, Tracy Chamoun, who extended felicitations on the election of President Michel Aoun.

Talks also touched on the necessity to assume partnership in the upcoming government lineup, with the visitor calling for an empowered woman role.

Bassil later met with Head of the Independence Movement, Michel Mouawad, in presence of MP Amal Abu Zeid.

“The meeting with Minister Bassil came as part of the coordination and cooperation following the election of President Michel Aoun,” Mouawad told reporters following the meeting.

Bassil also welcomed today Head of the Maronite Foundation in the World, Nehme Efram, who indicated that talks with the Minister did not touch on his possible assumption of a ministerial portfolio.

Bassil later met with former Director General of the Ministry of Information, Mohammad Obeid, with whom he discussed the current general situation.