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BOU SAAB HEADS TO WASHINGTON TO MEET WORLD BANK OFFICIALS, US SENATE & CONGRESS MEMBERS

Deputy Speaker of the House, MP Elias Bou Saab, left Beirut for Washington on a visit that will include several meetings with a number of officials in the US administration and members of the Senate and Congress, as well as senior officials of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

The visit will witness some joint meetings, in which Bou Saab will participate, along with Lebanese Deputies Neemat Frem, Yassin Yassin and Mark Daou.

Bou Saab is expected to begin his first day with a dialogue meeting and dinner organized by the Chargé d’Affaires of the Lebanese Embassy, Wael Hashem, in the embassy building, in the presence of the US Special Presidential Coordinator, Amos Hochstein, who will have a joint speech with Bou Saab on the post-demarcation of maritime borders phase and its reflection on Lebanon.

The dinner banquet will be attended by Lebanese deputies, a number of Senate and Congress members and officials from the US administration, in addition to a number of invitees.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

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