Al-Hariri to visit London very soon

The Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri will on June 16 pay a three- day visit to London during which he will hold talks with his British counterpart Tony Blair on bilateral relations and the situation in the region on the ground of achieving a peaceful solution.

Al-Hariri will be also meeting with the British foreign office secretary Jack Straw and with several British officials. The main topics to be discussed during the visit will be eventually the deteriorated conditions in the Middle East, besides the file of bilateral relations, especially trade and economic relations between Lebanon and Britain and the issue of Lebanon's signing of the partnership agreement with the European Union.