Berri congratulates President on his word before diplomatic corp

18 January 2017 English

House Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday phone called Lebanese President General Michel Aoun to congratulate him on the speech he gave to the diplomatic corp in terms of the stances upheld by the speech regarding different issues.

Separately, Speaker Berri received MPs Akram Chehayeb and Wael Abu Faour and the Government Commissioner to Development and Reconstruction Council Walid Safi and discussed with them the issue relevant to airport safety in light of the problems resulting from birds and Costa Brava landfill..

Amongst Berri’s visitors had been Paraguayan Ambassador Hasan Diya, Maronite Archbishop Boulos Matar, former Minister Talal Morhabi and UN senior Kassem Wein.

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