Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, on Tuesday met with Minister of Energy and Water, Dr. Walid Fayyad, at the Grand Serail, followed by a meeting of the special Ministerial Committee tasked to study the electricity dossier, to continue discussions over the electricity sector plan developed by the Minister of Energy.

The Committee includes, in addition to Fayyad, Ministers of Education and Higher Education, Justice, Finance, Social Affairs, Industry, Telecommunications, Culture, Environment, Agriculture, and Public Works and Transportation, as well as the Director General of the Presidency of the Republic, Dr. Antoine Choucair, the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Judge Mahmoud Makieh, President of the Council for Development and Reconstruction Nabil El-Jisr, Director General of Electricite Du Liban (EDL), Kamal Hayek, and Premier Mikati’s Bureau Chief Jamal Karim.