Cabinet signs off on Lebanon's latest diplomatic appointments
The Cabinet approved the diplomatic appointments on Monday.
The appointments are as follows:
UAE: Tarek Mneimneh
Paris: Rabih El Chaer
Washington: Nada Hamadeh Moawad
UNESCO: Hind Darwish
Vatican: Fadi Assaf
Turkey: Mounir Anouti
Cyprus: Jean Mourad
Geneva: Caroline Ziadeh
Vienna: Cynthia Chidiac
Kuwait: Ghady El-Khoury
South Korea: Wael Hachem
Spain: Hani Chemaitelly
Moscow: Bachir Azzam
Ottawa: Bachir Tawk
At the central administration:
Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry: Abdel Sattar Issa
Director of Political Affairs: Ibrahim Assaf
Director of Financial Affairs: Fadi Ziadeh
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