Syrian - Lebanon workshop on agriculture
Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 1/6/2004

Lebanese Agriculture Minister Ali Hasan Khalil opened in Beirut on Monday a workshop on Agricultural Integration between Syria and Lebanon.

The workshop which is held by the Syrian and Lebanese Agriculture Ministries aimed at enhancing cooperation between the two states in the agricultural field.

Khalil stressed in his speech that the agricultural integration between Syria and Lebanon an urgent need, due to the international economic changes and challenges, asserting the deep-rooted and distinguished historical relations between the two states.

He described the workshop as "new and positive step" on the way of enhancing bilateral relations, pointing out that the agricultural integration needs to draw an agricultural map for the volume and the kinds of the crops in the two states.

For their part, the participants at the workshop stressed the necessity for the formation and the achievement of this integration as soon as possible, as well as encouraging the integration and partnership among the establishments of the private and public sectors in Syria and Lebanon.

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