The Speaker of the Parliament, Nabih Berri, has called for a general session at 11:00 AM on Wednesday and Thursday, December 24 and 25, 2024, as well as in the evening on those two days, to study and approve the draft budget for the year 2024. Additionally, Berri received the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in the caretaker government, Abdullah Bou Habib, at the second presidential palace in Ain el-Tineh, where they discussed the general situation and the latest field and political developments due to Israel's continued aggression against Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.