Category: Politics

Caretaker Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bou Habib, met Monday with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Lebanon, Ivo Freijsen, whom he summoned over the delayed handover of data relevant to the displaced Syrians.

Following the meeting, Bou Habib said he asked Freijsen that the data be submitted to the General Directorate of the General Security agency by the end of the current month.

Bou Habib also asked Freijsen that the letter sent by the UNHCR to the minister of interior be withdrawn and considered as null.

Moreover, he stressed the necessity to not interfere in Lebanon’s sovereign powers.

Bou Habib warned Freijsen that should the aforementioned be not respected, the foreign ministry “will be obliged to reconsider its dealing with the UNHCR.”

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants expressed, in a statement on Monday, deep condolences over the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, and their companions in a helicopter crash.

The Foreign Ministry stressed that it “stands by the government and people of Iran at this time of grief.”

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Caretaker Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bou Habib, met Monday with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Lebanon, Ivo Freijsen, whom he summoned over the delayed handover of data relevant to the displaced Syrians.

Following the meeting, Bou Habib said he asked Freijsen that the data be submitted to the General Directorate of the General Security agency by the end of the current month.

Bou Habib also asked Freijsen that the letter sent by the UNHCR to the minister of interior be withdrawn and considered as null.

Moreover, he stressed the necessity to not interfere in Lebanon’s sovereign powers.

Bou Habib warned Freijsen that should the aforementioned be not respected, the foreign ministry “will be obliged to reconsider its dealing with the UNHCR.”

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Lebanese Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun, welcomed Monday at his Yarze office the Chief of the Defense Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces Thomas Oppong-Peprah and an accompanying delegation, with whom he discussed the general situation in Lebanon and the developments on the southern border.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

Caretaker Foreign Minister, Abdallah Bou Habib, met Monday with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Lebanon, Ivo Freijsen, whom he summoned over the delayed handover of data relevant to the displaced Syrians.

Following the meeting, Bou Habib said he asked Freijsen that the data be submitted to the General Directorate of the General Security agency by the end of the current month.

Bou Habib also asked Freijsen that the letter sent by the UNHCR to the minister of interior be withdrawn and considered as null.

Moreover, he stressed the necessity to not interfere in Lebanon’s sovereign powers.

Bou Habib warned Freijsen that should the aforementioned be not respected, the foreign ministry “will be obliged to reconsider its dealing with the UNHCR.”

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon