Swiss Ambassador to Lebanon, Francois Barras, visited on Wednesday the city of Tyre to have a firsthand look at the already accomplished phases of the Swiss Embassy-funded Disaster Risk Reduction Project in Tyre Municipalities Union.


Ambassador Barras was accompanied by the Projects Director at the Swiss Embassy International Cooperation Department, Robert Nicola.


The Project is funded by the Swiss Embassy International Cooperation Department.


Barras was greeted by head of Tyre Municipalities Union, Tyre Municipality head, Hassan Dbouk, and Director of Disaster Management Unit in Tyre Municipalities' Union, Mortada Muhanna, at the Union's headquarters. Talks touched on the already accomplished phases of the Project and the forthcoming phase.


The delegation then moved to the Lebanese Civil Defense Center, whereby Ambassador Barras handed the keys of two fire engines to the Center officials, as part of the disaster management project funded by the Swiss Embassy

Source: NNA