Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday welcomed at his Ain el-Tineh residence the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, with whom he discussed the general situation and the most recent developments in Lebanon. However, Wronecka left without making a statement. 

Berri then tackled the country’s economic, social, and living conditions with Socioeconomic Council President, Dr. Charles Arbid, and a number of council members, in the presence of President of the General Labor Confederation, Bechara Asmar. 

Later in the afternoon, Berri received head of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, Dr. Rabih Banat, with whom he discussed the general situation and political developments.