Lebanon calls for European financial aid

Lebanese Minister of Trade and Industry Naser El-Seedi said that the draft agreement for European partnership needs important changes to deal with the Lebanese economic structure.

The ministry called on the EU to discuss Lebanese and to present technical and financial aid, adding that this agreement can never be similar to the agreements upon which they agreed before with the Middle East and North African countries.

El-Seedi called on the European Union that the partnership agreement could include exchanged trade liberation by gradually removing customs barriers, referring to a basic topic on financial support, grants and aid presented to Lebanon.

He added that part of the agreement is still missing, concerning employment, immigration and worker's rights.