Minister of Information Melhem Al-Riyashi said during a reading of the decisions of the Council of Ministers that the government decided to extend the mandate of the Governor of the Banque du Liban Riad Salameh for six new years.
The Information Minister pointed out that President Michel Aoun stressed the commitment to the letter of the department and the ministerial statement. He referred to the increase in the number of traffic accidents and called for alleviating them. He called for Friday’s session to take security measures before Ramadan, and briefed the cabinet on his visit to the Ministry of Defense last week.
During the reading of the decisions of the cabinet meeting, he pointed out that the president presented a number of complaints, especially birds passing over Lebanon and the file of drivers of public vehicles without permission, and the subject of museum workers and archeological effects on Sundays, and discussed the file of Elias and stressed the need to clean water and sewage treatment, Ministry of Environment and competent authorities to face the situation is not right.
Riyashi pointed out that the government discussed the agenda and decided to appoint Riad Salameh as governor of the Banque du Liban for a new period. He decided to pay the contract of service providers in the Ministry of Information and decided to secure accreditation for the implementation of the second stage of the Beit Miri project, revealing the approval of the Minister of Labor’s request to sign a memorandum between Lebanon and Pointed out that Riad Salama was unanimously appointed after presenting the item from outside the agenda, stressing that the atmosphere of the government is very positive and consensual.
