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10:00 am               Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, Raphael Pedros XXI, receives Sheikh Akl of the Unitarian Druze community, Sheikh Dr. Sami Abi Al-Muna, at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate of Ashrafieh.

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Meetings schedule of President of the French Economic, Social, and Environmental Council, Thierry Beaudet:

10:30 am                President of the Republic, Michel Aoun

12:00 pm               PM Najib Mikati.

2:00 PM                 Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri

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1:00 pm                 Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, receives head of the Dental Syndicate, Dr. Ronald Younes.

2:00 pm                 Press conference marking launch of “IDAFA” festival in its first edition, under the patronage and presence of Caretaker Ministers of Culture and Social Affairs, Judge Mohammad Wissam Al-Mortada, and Dr. Hector Hajjar, President of Caritas Lebanon Association, Father Michel Abboud, and head of the festival, Sam Saad, at the Press Club headquarters in Furn El Chebbak.

 5:00 pm                Launch ceremony of “Opportunity” project under the slogan of “Addiction is a disease, not a crime” with the aim of rehabilitating drug addicts, at the Kempinski Hotel - Beirut, under the patronage of Caretaker Prime Minister, Najib Mikati,

5:00 pm                 The Lebanese Youth Hostel Federation and the municipality of Jounieh launch the "Fifth Arab Forum for Youth Tourism - Lebanon". During the event, the city of Jounieh will be announced as the capital of youth tourism - Lebanon, in a ceremony to be held at the Municipal Palace in Jounieh, under the patronage and presence of Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. George Kallas.

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