National News Agency
The Higher Defense Council convened on Thursday at 12:00 pm at Baabda Palace, in an extraordinary session chaired by President Michel Aoun and decided to extend the total lockdown decision until February 8, while requesting the military and security apparatuses to strictly implement this decision.
The Council also presented the study prepared by the National Authority to implement Lebanon’s obligations towards international agreements related to chemical, biological and radiological materials on radioactive materials in the temporary storage at the headquarters of the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, where the request was made to the relevant ministries and the administrative, technical and military agencies necessary to take the necessary measures.
At the beginning, President Aoun considered that “The response to the total lockdown decision was positive and recorded high commitment rates, despite the presence of some violation which need to be addressed”, stressing the need to continue the taken measures and strictly implement these measures.
For his part, Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, stated that the lockdown decision will be extended until the morning of February 8, pointing out that “The measures taken by the government have made Lebanon the second country in the world which harshly applies the measures that must be adopted to combat Corona”. The Prime Minister also referred to the quest to increase the number of special beds with care for those infected with the coronavirus, which will be distributed to areas with dense populations and more recorded cases. PM Diab then pointed out that “All financial and administrative measures have been taken to ensure the arrival of vaccines, during the specified period”.
The attendees of the meeting were: PM Diab, Deputy Prime Minister and National Defense Minister Zeina Akar, and Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Charbel Wehbe, of Finance Ghazi Wazni, of Interior and Municipalities Mohammad Fahmi, of Economy and Trade Raoul Nehme, of Justice Marie-Claude Najm, and of Energy Raymond Ghajar.
Also attending were: Army Commander General Joseph Aoun, Director General of the Lebanese Presidency Antoine Choucair, Director of General Security Major General Abbas Ibrahim, Director General of Internal Security Forces Major General Imad Othman, Director General of State Security Major General Tony Saliba, Secretary General of the Higher Defense Council Major General Mahmoud Al-Asmar, Governmental Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Fady Akiki, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Customs Brigadier General Assad Toufaili, Acting Director General of Customs Raymond Khoury, Chairman of the Council of Development and Reconstruction Engineer Nabil Jisr, Assistant Director General of State Security Brigadier General Samir Sannan, Director of Army Intelligence Brigadier General Antoine Kahwajy, Head of ISF Information Branch Brigadier General Khaled Hammoud, Head of the “Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission” Bilal Nsouly, and the Security and Military Advisor of the President retired Brigadier General Paul Matar.
The Council also presented the study prepared by the National Authority to implement Lebanon’s obligations towards international agreements related to chemical, biological and radiological materials on radioactive materials in the temporary storage at the headquarters of the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission, where the request was made to the relevant ministries and the administrative, technical and military agencies necessary to take the necessary measures.
At the beginning, President Aoun considered that “The response to the total lockdown decision was positive and recorded high commitment rates, despite the presence of some violation which need to be addressed”, stressing the need to continue the taken measures and strictly implement these measures.
For his part, Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, stated that the lockdown decision will be extended until the morning of February 8, pointing out that “The measures taken by the government have made Lebanon the second country in the world which harshly applies the measures that must be adopted to combat Corona”. The Prime Minister also referred to the quest to increase the number of special beds with care for those infected with the coronavirus, which will be distributed to areas with dense populations and more recorded cases. PM Diab then pointed out that “All financial and administrative measures have been taken to ensure the arrival of vaccines, during the specified period”.
The attendees of the meeting were: PM Diab, Deputy Prime Minister and National Defense Minister Zeina Akar, and Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Charbel Wehbe, of Finance Ghazi Wazni, of Interior and Municipalities Mohammad Fahmi, of Economy and Trade Raoul Nehme, of Justice Marie-Claude Najm, and of Energy Raymond Ghajar.
Also attending were: Army Commander General Joseph Aoun, Director General of the Lebanese Presidency Antoine Choucair, Director of General Security Major General Abbas Ibrahim, Director General of Internal Security Forces Major General Imad Othman, Director General of State Security Major General Tony Saliba, Secretary General of the Higher Defense Council Major General Mahmoud Al-Asmar, Governmental Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Fady Akiki, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Customs Brigadier General Assad Toufaili, Acting Director General of Customs Raymond Khoury, Chairman of the Council of Development and Reconstruction Engineer Nabil Jisr, Assistant Director General of State Security Brigadier General Samir Sannan, Director of Army Intelligence Brigadier General Antoine Kahwajy, Head of ISF Information Branch Brigadier General Khaled Hammoud, Head of the “Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission” Bilal Nsouly, and the Security and Military Advisor of the President retired Brigadier General Paul Matar.
