Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday received at the Second Presidency in Ain el-Tineh, visiting Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Niels Annen, in the presence of German Ambassador to Lebanon, Andreas Kindl.

Talks reportedly touched on the current general situation in Lebanon and the broad region, in addition to the bilateral relations between the two countries.

Speaker Berri also welcomed Iraqi Ambassador to Lebanon, Haidar Al-Barrak, who paid him a protocol visit upon assuming his new diplomatic mission in Lebanon. 

The visit had been an opportunity to discuss the current general situation and the bilateral relations between Lebanon and Iraq.

This afternoon, Berri met with  Minister of Education and Higher Education, Judge Abbas al-Halabi, where they reviewed an array of educational matters especially at the onset of the new scholastic year, set to start on October 11.