Omar Itani, director-general of the port of Beirut, points at a map of the port, after Lebanon has awarded France's CMA CGM CMACG.UL a contract for the management, operation and maintenance of the container terminal in the port of Beirut for 10 years, in Beirut, Lebanon February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

Representatives pose for a picture during the Summer of Lebanon Forum in Beirut July 21, 2010. From left are, Nabil Itani, chairman and managing director of Investment Development Authority of Lebanon (IDAL), Qatar's Energy Minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah, Lebanon's Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud, Adnan Kassar, head of Lebanon's Economic Committee and Minister of State and Mohammad Choucair, President of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Agriculture in Lebanon. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON - Tags: TRAVEL BUSINESS POLITICS) 

Lebanese anti-Syrian parliament members Ghinwa Jalloul (L) and Mohammed Itani sit beside posters of assassinated legislators in the parliament in downtown Beirut September 25, 2007. Lebanon's deeply divided parliament failed to elect a new president on Tuesday and speaker Nabih Berri deferred the vote until October 23. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (LEBANON)