Prime Minister Najib Mikati met with the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program David Beasley in the Saraya, in the presence of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Lebanon Najat Rushdie, the Regional Director of the World Food Program Corinne Fleischer, and the Director of the Lebanon Program Abdullah Al-Wardat.
During the meeting, they discussed increasing the financial and food aid and assistance provided by the program to the Lebanese people.
Beasley said: “The meeting was productive and excellent with the President, during which we presented the economic situation and food security in Lebanon, and we also talked about the deterioration of the global economy caused by climate change and the impact of the Corona virus on the global economy, and Lebanon’s situation is not different from what is happening in the world.”
He added: “We now aspire to expand the range of our aid in Lebanon to reach about one million six hundred thousand people in the next few months, knowing that we are currently reaching about eight hundred thousand people, and the new aid will focus strictly on the most needy groups. The Prime Minister was very clear that the program is independent.” operational, and we will work closely with the government to identify those most in need away from political bidding, reaching the most needy families and children, and with this scale we can give new hope to those most in need.
