BEIRUT: Lebanon Monday received its first shipment of French weapons financed by a $3 billion Saudi arms grant announced nearly a year and a half ago.

A ceremony marking the arrival of the French arms shipment, which included guided anti-tank missiles, got underway at the Beirut airport airbase at 9:30 a.m.

It was attended by Lebanese Army Commander Jean Kahwagi, Defense Minister Samir Moqbel, his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, and Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Asiri, among many other officials.

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