Lebanon
Berri Meets World Bank Middle East Director and Discusses Support Projects
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri met with the World Bank's Middle East director to discuss support projects in Lebanon, alongside other political and health-related meetings.
Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri received the Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the World Bank, Dalia Khalifa, at the Second Presidential Palace in Ain el-Tineh, in the presence of the World Bank Group representative in Lebanon, Enrique Blanco Armas. The meeting reviewed projects supported by the bank in Lebanon and its work programs.
President Berri also received MP Marwan Hamadeh, a member of the Democratic Gathering, and discussed with him general conditions, political developments, legislative matters, and national issues.
The visit was also an occasion for Hamadeh to present his new book LIBAN DE MIEL ET DE SANG "Lebanon: Honey and Blood".
The Speaker met with the Director General of the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Wi'am Abu Hamdan, during a protocol visit following his assumption of duties at the ministry. It was also an opportunity to review the health and hospitalization reality and the ministry's work programs in this framework.
Among the visitors were: "The Dean of Physicians in Lebanon, Professor Elias Chellala, where medical and syndical affairs and the relationship between the Order of Physicians and the National Social Security Fund were discussed."
Call for the Bureau of the Council
On another note, President Berri called the Bureau of the Council to a meeting at 10:30 AM on Monday, November 9, 2026, in Ain el-Tineh.
