The Grand Serail on Tuesday witnessed a series of diplomatic meetings with Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who met with United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka.
After the meeting, the UN’s Wronecka said: "Today, I visited PM Mikati to follow up on developments in Lebanon and to inform him about a session to be held by the UN Security Council on March 17, in which I will present a report on Lebanon."
She added, "During the meeting, we’ve discussed the impending elections, the negotiations that Lebanon is conducting with the International Monetary Fund, and internal preparations for elections in Lebanon; the meeting was fruitful."
Regarding the content of the report that she will submit to the Security Council, Wronecka said, “I submit three reports to the Security Council per year, and this time the report will be submitted immediately before parliamentary elections; consequently, the focus of the international community will be on elections,” she added.
“There are points in the report that will be submitted to the Secretary-General that will be discussed, including respect for Resolution 1701, what has been done in this regard, and whether there are positive developments that have been observed,” Wronecka concluded.
Mikati separately met with a British delegation that included UK Defence Senior Advisor to the Middle East and North Africa, Air Marshal Martin Elliot Sampson, Lieutenant Jack Butler, and British Military Attache, Colonel Lee Sanders. The meeting was also attended by British Ambassador to Lebanon, Ian Collard.
Later during the day, the Prime Minister held a meeting with an International Monetary Fund delegation headed by Ernesto Ramirez Rigo, with whom he discussed the procedures and decisions taken thus far, the draft laws that will be presented, and the findings of the financial and economic recovery plan.
Mikati finally had an audience with the Secretary-General of the Arab Parliament Union, Fayez Shawabki, who briefed Mikati on the role of the union in terms of coordination between Arab parliaments.
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