Beirut: Macron will open international conference at 2pm

(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 09 - It will be French President Emmanuel Macron who will open, at 2 pm French and Italian time, the international conference in support of Lebanon, promoted by the Paris initiative and organized by the French government together with the United Nations. After him, according to the Albanian media, the UN secretary general Antonio Guterres and the Lebanese president Michel Aoun will speak. The American President DonaldTrump also announced his presence at the meeting.
    Macron announced his intention to organize the conference during his visit to Beirut last Thursday, two days after the gigantic explosion that devastated interiquartiers in the Lebanese capital, causing more than 150 deaths and 6,000 injuries according to a still provisional toll. (HANDLE).