Egyptian support for the Lebanese stance

Egyptian planning minister Ahmed El-Barsh said today "we came to Lebanon to support all aspects of cooperation in all fields and to create a machinery for exchanging the economic, commercial and investment information as well as reconstructing the basic structure in Lebanon that were destroyed by the Israeli aggression."

El-Barsh added "we seek to discuss means of coordinating the commercial and investment exchange, discussing position of the Egyptian labor in Lebanon, cooperation with them, discussing creating an exchange in registering Egyptian medical drugs in Lebanon, means of protecting intellectual property."

He added that discussions will also deal with opportunities for Egyptian contracting companies to participate in the basic infrastructure projects in Lebanon.