Lebanon's dollar-dominated government bonds rose on Wednesday after Saudi Arabian pledges to provide financial support for the Mediterranean country.

Cabinet began successive special sessions on Wednesday to study the 2020 draft budget in an effort to have it ratified by Parliament before its constitutionally mandated deadline.

President Michel Aoun is scheduled to deliver Lebanon’s speech at the annual meetings of the United General Assembly held between September 23-27 in New York.

Major roads near a U.N. building in Downtown Beirut, ESCWA, will soon be open 24/7 after an eight year closure imposed in 2011 as part of security measures to protect the building.

Minister of Interior and Municipalities Raya al-Hassan and ESCWA Executive Secretary Rola Dashti held a joint press conference on Tuesday, announcing the opening of the road linking Downtown Beirut to Blvd. Salim Salam.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri met at the Grand Serail on Tuesday with President of the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council CESE, Patrick Bernasconi, accompanied by the French Ambassador Bruno Foucher, in the presence of President of the Economic and Social Council CES Charles Arbid.

The President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Judge Ivana Hrdličková issued on Tuesday a statement urging the Accused in the connected attacks to cooperate with the STL and to inform him of his rights.

Lebanese businessman Hassan Jaber who had been detained in the African nation of Ethiopia returned to Beirut on Tuesday.

Jaber arrived in Beirut coming from Gabon where he was flown to it on Sunday after contacts between authorities to free him.

Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday called the parliamentary committees for a joint meeting to discuss decree No. 2367 aimed at organizing the chiropractic profession in Lebanon, the National News Agency reported.

Lebanese journalists and politicians carried out a solidarity stand with Nidaa al-Watan newspaper on the eve of its appearance before the judiciary against its criticism of Iranian influence in Lebanon through Hizbullah party.

In its headlines the newspaper published an article it titled “New Ambassadors in Baabda ... Welcome to Khamenei’s Republic."

The Cabinet on Tuesday begins discussions of the 2020 draft budget amid reports that “painful measures” could be imposed as part of more austerity steps to cut the deficit and pave the way for international funding, al-Joumhouria daily reported.