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UN relief chief vows to support Lebanon 'enter new phase'

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has vowed to help lead Lebanon into a new phase.

"I will certainly be doing everything I can do to support Lebanon enter a new phase," Fletcher said in an televised interview with LBCI.

Fletcher is in Lebanon in a humanitarian mission to raise money for 190 million people in need. He visited Monday war-hit south Lebanon and met with caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

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