Egyptian and Lebanese Ministers of Agriculture follow up on joint cooperation files

Alaa Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, met with Abbas Al-Hajj Hassan, Lebanese Minister of Agriculture, to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in the field of agriculture and related activities, in the presence of Eng. Mustafa Al-Sayyad, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, within the framework of ongoing coordination with our brothers in Lebanon. Farouk stressed the directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to provide all forms of support to our brothers in Lebanon. During the meeting, the two ministers reviewed issues related to the exchange of agricultural products between the two countries and the removal of obstacles that may affect the flow of agricultural goods between the Egyptian and Lebanese sides, including Egypt's exports of potatoes, in addition to regulating the export of mangoes and palm seedlings to Lebanon, as well as importing some goods that distinguish the brotherly state of Lebanon. For his part, the Lebanese minister stressed that Egypt is ...