Caretaker Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, sent a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants requesting it to instruct Lebanese diplomatic and consular missions to exert efforts with the aim of enabling students abroad to pursue their studies.
The letter reads as follows:
«Following up on the situation of Lebanese students abroad at the beginning of the new academic year, and in order to enable them to pursue their studies in light of the economic and financial conditions that the country is going through, you are requested to instruct the Lebanese diplomatic and consular missions abroad to make efforts with governmental and non-governmental associations, university administrations, and affluent Lebanese community members abroad...