NNA - Prime Minister, Najib Miqati, on Wednesday stressed that the stifling economic, financial and social conditions require that all cooperate in order to activate the government's work to carry out the required solutions and to cooperate with Parliament to approve the basic steps within the framework of cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other concerned international bodies.

"The inter-ministerial meetings and workshops are  being held to complete the required files, run the administration wheel, and put things on the correct treatment track, but the basis remains in resuming the sessions of the Council of Ministers, starting with the steps required to resolve the emerging dispute with the Gulf states," Mikati said.

On the other hand, Premier Mikati met with a wide delegation representing trade associations, committees and unions from the various Lebanese regions, where they discussed the current conditions of the trade sector in the country.

Mikati also met with a delegation of the Lebanese Order of Physicians in Beirut and the North, including Head of the Order of Physicians in Beirut, Charaf Abou Charaf, and head of the Doctors' Syndicate in North Lebanon, Dr. Salim Abi Saleh.

The meeting took stock of the current conditions and challenges facing the medical sector in Lebanon.

Mikati also met with Minister of Social Affairs, Hector Hajjar, over the ration card dossier.

The PM also met with Minister of Telecommunications, Johnny Corm, with whom he discussed relevant ministerial affairs.

Mikati also met with Russian Ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Rudakov, who conveyed to him a congratulatory cable on Lebanon’s Independence Day from Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

Discussions also touched on the bilateral relations between the two countries  in all fields.

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