Lahoud visits Greece

The Lebanese President Emil Lahoud on Monday started an official three- day visit to Greece at the invitation of his Greek counterpart Kostantine Stephanopoulos. President Lahoud is accompanied by his wife and an official delegation including the deputy prime minister Issam Fares besides an administrative, security and media delegation.

The Lebanese President will hold official talks with the Greek President and high level officials dealing with current conditions on the regional and international levels in light of recent developments.

He will also discuss means of strengthening bilateral relations and will sign three agreements. The first is a cooperation agreement between the two countries's ministries of foreign affairs, the second is a cooperation agreement in the framework of fostering friendship between the two countries and promoting their relations in the areas of education, sciences, culture and the art and the third provides for exchanging already sentenced prisoners.