Ambassador Bukhari meets UN's Plasschaert
Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Dr. Walid Bukhari, received at his Yarzeh residence, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.
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