Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, on Thursday chaired at the Grand Serail a meeting devoted to discussing educational issues.
The meeting was attended by Caretaker Minister of National Education and Higher Education, Judge Abbas Al-Halabi, Caretaker Minister of Finance Dr. Youssef Al-Khalil, Interim Head of Lebanon’s Central Bank Wassim Mansouri, Director General of the Ministry of Finance, George Maarawi, and Premier Mikati’s Advisor, former Minister Nicolas Nahhas.
On the other hand, Premier Mikati received at the Grand Serail the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund, Dr. Natalia Kanem, and the Fund’s Regional Director in the Arab Countries, Laila Bakr.
Mikati later received a delegation from the Sovereign Order of Malta, headed by the Order’s Minister of International Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, Alessandro De Francis, in the presence of Chargé d’Affaires François Abi Saab.
Mikati later had audience with Mufti of Tripoli, Sheikh Mohammed Imam, and the Mufti of Akkar, Sheikh Zaid Bakkar.
On the other hand, the PM patronized the launch of the ‘Forastech’ platform, which UNICEF and the World Bank are contributing to its implementation with the aim of promoting youth employment in the digital economy of the twenty-first century. The project is funded by the Dutch Embassy.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon