Egyptian prime minister visits Lebanon

Egypt's Prime Minister Atif Ebeid will make a three - day visit Lebanon next Wednesday during which he is to hold discussions with Lebanese President Emil Lahud and the Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss and Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri to tackle the relations between the two states and means of developing them in the different area as well as exchanging the points of view concerning issues of joint concern.

He will take part in the 6th annual conference for investment and the Arab finance markets due to be held in Beirut. During the Conference's deliberations, Ebeid will talk about the economic conditions in Egypt after the phase of economic reforms and will tackle the international economic changes and areas of the developing countries to confront these changes.

In statements to the press he made on Friday, he said that he will also discuss results of the joint's committee works for boosting commercial exchange between the two states.

The Egyptian prime minister will also take part in the opening ceremony of the electricity power stations built by the Egyptian ministry of Electricity's staff, destroyed by the Israeli air strikes on Lebanon.