UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has called on the international community to increase its support for the Lebanese people and the refugees in the crisis country.
“I am visiting Lebanon at a very difficult time. The Lebanese people and the refugees are suffering from the fact that the political, economic and financial crisis is affecting everyone,” Grandi said at the end of a two-day visit to Lebanon.
During his visit, the senior UN official met with President Michel Aoun, Prime Minister Najib Mikati, House Speaker Nabih Berri and other ministers and officials to discuss how to better serve the Lebanese people and Syrians in the country, reports the Xinhua News Agency.