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8:30 am        Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, led by Chairman Deputy Fadi Alameh, will depart from Parliament to visit the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura. There, they will meet with General Commander, Aroldo Lázaro, coinciding with Lebanon's request to extend its forces' mandate in southern Lebanon.

Minister of Industry George Boujikian’s activities:

9:30 am      Meeting with the Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine.

11:00 am    Meeting with the Ambassador of Algeria, Rashid Belbaqi.

12:00 pm    Press conference to announce the second industrial conference "My Industry," organized by the Lebanese Association for Exhibitions and Markets.

Upcoming schedules for parliamentary committees:

10:00 am     Sub-committee session under the National Economy, Trade, Industry, and Planning Committee, chaired by Deputy Fareed Al-Bustani, to discuss customs reforms.

10:30 am    Fourth session of the sub-committee under joint parliamentary committees regarding the Municipalities Empowerment Bill, chaired by Deputy Jihad Assamad, with the presence of the Ministers of Interior and Finance, to continue reviewing the proposal's clauses.

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11:00 am    Press conference by the Executive Council of the OGERO Staff Union at their headquarters in Bir Hassan.

12:00 pm    Press conference by the "Lebanese for Entity" gathering (Union OrA), at their offices in Antelias - Bank of Beirut Building, to launch the book "Expanded Development Decentralization and its Application in Lebanon."

6:30 pm      The "National Bloc" hosts Minister of Environment, Nasser Yassin, as part of the "Session with the Bloc" series, discussing governmental approaches to environmental challenges from Israeli phosphorus to waste, dams, and forests, at the party’s headquarters in Gemmayzeh.

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