Time Topic



Meetings of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, in Lebanon:



7:45 Caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adnan Mansour



9:30 President of the Republic, Michel Sleiman



11:30 House Speaker Nabih Berri.



9:00 Caretaker Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Gebran Bassil, inaugurates workshop and discussions on the exploration and production convention, organized by the Petroleum Administration Committee, at Le Royal Hotel, Dbayeh.



Meetings of caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transportation, Ghazi Aridi, at his office in the Ministry:



10:30 MP Ziad Qaderi



11:00 MP Assem Araji



11:30 Father Pierre Sfeir, accompanied by a delegation of Ainab



12:00 Ambassador Mohammad Issa, accompanied by a delegation of Tripoli-Minah



12:30 Btater municipality.



10:00 Launching of a project on the modernization of administrative and operative capacities of the tax administration, funded by the European Union, executed in collaboration with the Directorate of Public Finance of France, under the patronage of caretaker Finance Minister, Mohammad Safadi, in presence of EU ambassador to Lebanon, Angelina Eichhorst, at the Grand Serail.



10:15 Plan set by the Lebanese government in collaboration with the concerned international organizations on the dangerous humanitarian repercussions of the crisis on Syrian displaced and the Lebanese society, upon the invitation of outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, at the Grand Serail.



11:00 Press conference to kick off the implementation of the national digital broadcasting plan, with the participation of caretaker Ministers of Telecom and Information, Nicolas Sehnaoui and Walid Daouk, at the Telecom Regulatory Committee headquarters in Downtown Beirut.



12:30 Caretaker Minister of Social Affairs, Wael Abu Faour, receives UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, at his office in the Ministry.



13:00 Caretaker Minister of Tourism, Fadi Abboud, holds press conference at Movenpick Hotel to announce the recommendations of the workshop on attracting tourists into Lebanon.



15:00 Press conference by the Union Coordination Committee on the salary scale at UNESCO Palace.


==========R.A.H.