Prime Minister Saad Hariri received on Thursday afternoon at the Grand Serail the Director-General for the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, South-Eastern and Eastern Europe at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Prof. Dr. Claudia Warning, accompanied by the German Ambassador to Lebanon Georg Birgelen.

After the meeting, Birgelen said: "Discussions focused on the ongoing cooperation between Germany and Lebanon, and the overall political situation with special respect to the refugee situation in Lebanon."