Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with Information Minister Ziyad al-Makari yesterday at the Grand Serail and discussed with him the media situation in the country and the affairs of his ministry.
Makari said in a statement: “I put President Mikati in the atmosphere of the talks that we had in Jerba – Tunisia on the occasion of the Francophone Summit, where I met many heads of state and ministers interested in Lebanese affairs.” As for the second issue that we discussed, it concerns the Lebanese, which is the transfer of the World Cup. They lose hope, but we faced a major obstacle, which is the failure to convene a session of the Council of Ministers, and this matter stopped the commercial contract that the Lebanese government would have signed represented by the Ministry of Communications or Lebanon Television, because it is not permissible by law.
And he concluded: “The citizen may ask, have we reached this gendarmerie? Yes, and these are political consequences of our inability to form a new government or float this government. Time is running out and there are many citizens who have resorted to private subscriptions, although it was the duty of the Lebanese state to secure the broadcasting of matches for free, and I believe that within the next 24 hours we can find an administrative and legal fatwa to secure the process of paying money to bisports in Qatar, although I do not hope much In this regard.
President Mikati received, in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister His Excellency Al-Shami, a delegation from the International Finance Corporation, headed by the Regional Director for the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Khawaja Aftab Ahmed. During the meeting, opportunities to assist Lebanon and some joint projects were discussed.
The Prime Minister also received Representative Strida Geagea, in the presence of the Secretary-General of the Higher Relief Commission, Major General Muhammad Khair, who thanked him for sending Khair to inspect the damage and vandalism in the cedars.
