The Prime Minister of Lebanon, Najib Mikati, was ready to receive his Italian counterpart, but the haste and perhaps the darkness "betrayed" him.
Mikati greeted with a handshake and kissed her colleague Giorgia Meloni , who got off the plane first, not the Italian prime minister.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati warmly greeted the aide of the Italian Prime Minister, apparently mistaking her for his counterpart, upon their arrival at Beirut Rafic Hariri airport pic.twitter.com/i0lqfAxdlA
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Right after Mikati took his place on the red carpet to walk with Meloni towards the airport building. At that moment, a colleague informed him that he was wrong, writes the voice.
The woman he greeted was Patricia Scurti , who got off the plane with two bags.