Prime
Minister Najib Mikati met with Speaker Nabih Ain el-Tineh on Friday
with talks featuring high on pending issues facing the country.
Following
the meeting, Mikati asserted that he tackled with Berri the latest
developments, mainly the necessary steps to be adopted in line with
safeguarding the country's security and stability.
In this
context, PM Najib Mikati announced that Lebanon welcomes the United
Nation's statement in regards to the Syrian matter, describing it as
"constructive".
The UN Security Council expressed on Thursday
"grave concern" over cross-border attacks between Syria and Lebanon, in a
statement agreed upon during closed talks.
Council members
expressed their concern over incidents of cross-border fire which have
led to death and injury among the Lebanese population, incursions,
abductions and arms trafficking across the Lebanese-Syrian border, as
well as other border violations.
The Security Council's statement
also stressed the importance of full respect for Lebanon's sovereignty,
unity and territorial integrity.
Asked about the lawsuit filed by
Judge Saqr Saqr against the terrorist group which includes Shadi
al-Mawlawi, Mikati said that the military court ordered to free
al-Mawlawi and "we must all respect the military court orders."
State
Commissioner to the Military Court Judge Saqr Saqr charged on Friday
ten people with belonging to an armed group and the al-Nusra Front.
The
10 men include Shadi al-Mawlawi, who was released on bail upon his
arrest in the northern city of Tripoli in May last year, alongside
another man.
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Earlier,
Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with Industry Ministry Vrej Sabounjian
in the Grand Serail and discussed the Ministry’s internal affairs.
In this context, Sabounjian said that the file of the series of ranks and salaries is not gridlocked.
For
his part, PM Mikati mulled with Army Commander General Jean Kahwaji the
Military institution’s work as well as the security situation, and
discussed later on with the Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon Riad
Saleme the financial affairs of the country.