- Tue November 10 2026 2:59 pm
Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri received the head of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Gebran Bassil, at the second presidency headquarters in Ain el-Tineh, accompanied by a delegation from the Movement and the Strong Lebanon bloc. The delegation included the Vice President of the Movement for Political Affairs Martine Najm Kteily, MPs Nicolas Sehnaoui and Ghassan Atallah, and Political Advisor to MP Gebran Bassil Antoine Constantine.
Bassil and the delegation presented to the Speaker of Parliament the proposal of the Free Patriotic Movement and the Strong Lebanon bloc regarding the formation of an international implementation and guarantee force after it became impossible to extend the mandate of the UNIFIL force for a new term.
lower-level meetings: The visit was also an opportunity during which the situation in Lebanon, political and field developments, as well as national and legislative affairs were discussed.
Additionally, Speaker Berri followed up on general conditions, particularly educational ones, with the Minister of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Rima Karami, in the presence of Development and Liberation bloc member MP Ashraf Beydoun.
Among Speaker Berri's visitors was also the head of the Lebanese community in the Ivory Coast, Haidar Salman, in the presence of the President of the Al-Birr and Cooperation Association in Abidjan, Mahmoud Nasser El-Dine, and Mr. Jawad Al-Mousawi.