Public Administrations to Close Friday for Arab Economic Summit

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Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Tuesday issued a decree ordering the closure of all public administrations and institutions during the works of Beirut's Arab economic summit on Friday.

The decision aims to “facilitate the continuation of the necessary preparations for the Arab economic summit that will be held in Beirut in a few days,” the memo says.

Organizers had carried out a drill days ago to test the readiness for the summit.

Caretaker Defense Minister Yacoub Sarraf had earlier in the day issued a memo suspending firearms licenses in the Greater Beirut area.

The summit will be held on January 19 at the level of heads of states in the absence of Libya, which announced its boycott of the conference on Monday in protest at the removal of its flag outside the summit's venue at the hands of AMAL Movement supporters rejecting its invitation in connection with the Moussa al-Sadr case.

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