Berri Discusses Govt. Issues with Miqati, Congratulates Hollande on Victory

Speaker Nabih Berri held talks on Monday with Prime Minister Najib Miqati on various local developments.

Miqati said after the meeting at Ain el-Tineh: “We discussed everything, including the appointments file and the issue of the government’s extra-budgetary spending.”

The speaker later met with Energy Minister Jebran Bassil in the presence of his advisor Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil.

Berri then sent a cable of congratulations to Francois Hollande on his election as the new French president in which he highlighted the importance of Lebanese-French ties.

He also received a cable from Iranian Vice President Mohammed Reza Rahimi, who stressed the “fraternal ties between Lebanon and Iran.”

He hoped that his recent visit to Lebanon “would mark a new phase in developing ties between the two sides.”

Rahimi had paid a visit to Lebanon last week during which he met with a number of top officials.