Diab meets with shopping malls owners

Prime Minister Hassan Diab received on Saturday a delegation from shopping malls owners' gatherings in the presence of his Advisor Khodor Taleb.

PM Diab took stock at the problems facing the shopping malls sector and was briefed about the preventive measures taken to reopen commercial centers.

Diab has also received the General Manager of Holcim Jamil Bou Haroun, the Manager of Cimenterie Nationale Pierre Doumet and a delegation from the Cimenterie Nationale’s Workers' Union, in the presence of the Minister of Environment and Administrative Development Demianos Kattar, Minister of Industry Imad Hoballah, Minister of Labor Lamia Yammine and PM Advisor Elias Assaf.  

The meeting has touched upon the sector’s situation, the problems it faces and possible solutions with the aim of facilitating its work. At the PM’s request, the General Manager of the Cimenterie Nationale has accepted to suspend the closure of the company pending a solution. Under the guidance of PM Diab, it was agreed that appropriate solutions would be expeditiously elaborated, authorizing cement companies in Chekka to pursue their operations and develop this sector, while stressing the necessity of engaging the municipalities of the affected villages and the civil society to secure appropriate environmental solutions, under the supervision of the Ministries of Environment and Industry.