Patterson winds up visit to Lebanon, bounds for Riyadh

NNA - US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Anne Patterson, left Beirut on Friday afternoon heading to Riyadh, winding up a few-day visit to Lebanon where she held talks with senior Lebanese officials. During her visit, Patterson underlined the US continual support to Lebanon, and relayed a letter from US Secretary of State John Kerry to President of the Republic, General Michel Aoun. Patterson also inspected a Syrian refugee camp in the Bekaa district close to Zahle. Bidding her farewell at Rafic Hariri International Airport has been US Ambassador to Lebanon, Elizabeth Richard.