Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, on Friday welcomed at the Second Presidency in Ain al-Tineh, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, Ernesto Ramirez-Rigo, who visited him with an accompanying IMF delegation.

Discussions reportedly touched in depth on the financial and economic situation, and the stages of the existing dialogue between Lebanon and the IMF and the reform legislations accomplished by the Parliament in this regard.  

Speaker Berri also received Gendarmerie Commander, Brigadier General Marwan Sleilati.

On the other hand, Berri received a congratulatory cable on the occasion of the blessed month of Ramadan from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. 

In his cable and marking the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, President Al-Sisi wished the two brotherly peoples and all the peoples of the Arab and Islamic nations further development, progress and prosperity.