Syria- Lebanese industrial committee meets in Damascus

The joint Syrian-Lebanese Ministerial Industrial Committee began in Damascus yesterday deliberations. They were headed by Syria's Minister of Industry, Mohammed Safi Abo Dan and his Lebanese Counterpart, Eli Skaf.

Abo Dan stressed the necessity for raising the Economic and industrial relations to the level of the political distinguished relations and for achieving economic integration.

Skaf underlined the importance of the Joint Syrian-Lebanese cooperation in the fields of joint investment, asserting the necessity for solving the standing problems which hinder the achievement of the joint projects and the regulation of the markets in both states.

The committee encouraged the establishment of joint projects, it also discussed the possibility of establishing a joint factories for spinning, cement and tobacco.