Butros Ghali to visit Beirut tomorrow
Butros Butros Ghali, the secretary general of the organization of Francophone countries, is to make an official visit to Beirut tomorrow in the framework of preparing for the Francophone summit that will be convened in Beirut in 2001.
Ghali, who was the United Nations' secretary general before Kofi Annan, is to meet with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, the with whom he will discuss developments in the peace process and the situation in Middle East in the shadows of resuming negotiations between Syria and Israel.
Ghali will also meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, with whom he will discuss the possibility of resuming Lebanese - Israeli peace talks in the shadow of Israel's pledge to withdraw from south Lebanon.
