BOU HABIB INKS AGREEMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT ON FEDERATION’S REGIONAL OFFICE IN LEBANON

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Abdullah Bou Habib, and the Regional Director of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in the Middle East and North Africa Dr. Hossam El-Sharkawi, on Friday signed an agreement between the Lebanese government and IFRC to reinforce a regional office for the Federation in Lebanon and set its legal status.

The signing ceremony was attended by the Secretary-General of Lebanese Red Cross, Georges Kettaneh, Senior Liaison Officer to the Regional Director Office at IRFC Nadine Khoury, the Federation’s Digital Communications’ Delegate, Jani Savolainen, and the Director of the Federation’s Lebanon Office, Christian Cortez.

Source: National News Agency