Aoun Receives Cypriot Counterpart: For Boosting Cooperation in Oil and Gas Sectors
President Michel Aoun held a meeting on Monday with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades at the Baabda Palace, where talks focused on the bilateral relations between the two countries and the means to strengthen them at various levels.
“We encourage our countries' governments to raise the level of cooperation in the oil and gas fields,” said Aoun in a joint press conference held at the President ail Palace after the meeting.
The President has also highlighted the need “to ease the entry conditions of Lebanon's agricultural and industrial products to the Cypriot market.”
For his part, Anastasiades hailed the relations connecting Cyprus and Lebanon and said: “Our ties go beyond geographical boundaries, they are deeply rooted between the two peoples.”
Furthermore, he assured that his country will continue to help Lebanon in facing the challenges, he said: “We will continue to help Lebanon and ease the challenges it is facing particularly the crisis of displaced Syrians through the European Union channels.”
Anastasiades arrived on Sunday in Lebanon accompanied by an official Cypriot delegation.
He is on a four-day visit and is accompanied by his wife Andri.
Source: Naharnet
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