Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri welcomed on Tuesday at his Ain el-Tineh residence Prime Minister Saad Hariri, with whom he discussed 2020 state budget draft.
The meeting took place in the presence of Finance Minister, Ali Hassan Khalil.
Talks reportedly touched on the course of discussions of the draft 2020 state budget by the Cabinet and the ministerial committees, underlining the need to iron out all impediments standing in the way of finalizing said budget and referring it to Parliament within constitutional deadlines, as per a statement by Speaker Berri's Media Bureau.
Both sides also highlighted the perils of any delay in this regard, especially on the current financial and economic situation.
The massive fires that broke out in several Lebanese areas also featured on their talks.
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