Newly appointed Canadian Ambassador to Lebanon, Emmanuelle Lamoureux, visited on Wednesday the Civil Aviation Directorate at Rafic Hariri International Airport accompanied by the Embassy's Executive Director for Middle Eastern Affairs, Sen Boyd, and an accompanying delegation.

Civil Aviation General Director, Engineer Mohamad Shehabuddin, and Vice- President of Rafic Hariri International Airport, Engineer Youssef Tannous, welcomed Lamoureux before she met the administrative and substantive units' heads at the airport.

Shehabuddin welcomed the Canadian Ambassador and the accompanying delegation, praising "Canada's efforts to enhance cooperation between Lebanon and Canada."

The airport heads assured the Canadian side that "Lebanon is exerting a lot of efforts to enhance safety and security and to provide assistance to all foreign airlines including the Canadian Airlines -- if flights between the two countries are conducted."

The Canadian Ambassador and the accompanying delegation also toured the airport's air traffic and radar centers of the Department of Equipment Maintenance