Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati mistook an aide to Giorgia Meloni for Italian Prime Minister

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Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati mistook an aide to Giorgia Meloni for the Italian Prime Minister herself when a delegation from Rome arrived in Beirut.
Mikati was waiting on the tarmac at Beirut airport for the Italian leader to descend the stairs from her plane, according to the Nationalnews. As one of Meloni's delegation descended ahead of her, Mikati greeted her with a kiss on each cheek, apparently thinking she was the Italian Prime Minister.
He was quickly informed that he had instead greeted Meloni's personal assistant Patrizia Scurti, who looks somewhat similar to her.
The Italian Prime Minister exited the plane soon after, and was greeted with a handshake and a kiss on each cheek by Mikati.
Nationalnews notes that Meloni is in Beirut amid the continuing cross-border conflict on Lebanon's southern border between Israeli forces and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Italian Nova news agency reported that Meloni reaffirmed her country’s commitment to supporting Lebanon’s stability.
Meloni also stressed the need to avoid the risk of escalation along the border with Israel and expressed her support for any initiative aimed at an immediate truce, according to the news agency.
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