President Joseph Aoun and First Lady Nehmat Aoun will begin their official program in New York on Sunday by attending a celebratory Mass at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral at 11:30 AM local time (6:30 PM Beirut time). After the service, they are expected to meet members of the Lebanese parish community.
The presidential couple and their accompanying delegation landed in New York on Saturday evening at John F. Kennedy Airport and arrived at 5 PM local time (midnight Beirut time). They were received by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Youssef Raggi, Lebanon’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ahmad Arafa, Lebanese Ambassador to Washington Nada Hamadeh Moawad, Middle East Airlines’ US director Adeeb Kassis and several members of the diplomatic mission.
Following their arrival, President Aoun and the First Lady headed to their residence at the Marriott Hotel, where the president held a coordination meeting with Minister Raggi, Ambassadors Arafa and Moawad and his advisors. Talks centered on the series of meetings Aoun will hold with Arab and international leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, and on finalizing Lebanon’s address to the world body.
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