Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, on Wednesday met at the Grand Serail with Caretaker Interior and Municipalities Minister, Judge Bassam Mawlawi. Discussions during the meeting reportedly touched on Ministry related affairs. Caretaker Premier Mikati then met with Army Commander, Major General Joseph Aoun, with whom he discussed the current security situation and the military institution's affairs. Discussions also touched on the situation in the south in the light of the Israeli trespasses. On the other hand, Premier Mikati chaired a meeting at the Grand Serail to discuss the 2023 state budget, in the presence of Caretaker Finance Minister Youssef Khalil, Deputy PM Saade Chami, Finance Ministry's Director General George Meerrawi, and Mikati's advisors Nicolas Nahhas and Samir Daher. The meeting continued discussions of the budget's items and proposals, whereby the final draft of the budget will be finalized within a week to be distributed to the ministers in preparation for further study during consecutive cabinet meetings. The final draft of the budget is to be ready within a week. Mikati also received President of the Central Inspection, Judge George Attieh. The PM later received a delegation from the administrative board of the "Children's Welfare Society in Tripoli," headed by Samar Zinni Baraka.

Source: National News Agency - Lebanon