Geagea, French Ambassador meet
NNA - Lebanese Forces Party leader Samir Geagea met in Maarab with French Ambassador Hervé Magro, accompanied by political and media attaché Romain Calvari.
The meeting was attended by Executive Committee member and former MP Eddy Abi Lamaa, Head of the Foreign Relations Department, former Minister Richard Kouyoumjian, and Department official Tony Darwish.
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