Belarus Intensifies Ties with Lebanon :: Charter'97 :: News

First deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Vassily Pugachev visited on January 20-21 the Lebanese Republic. As mentioned at the briefing by deputy head of the FM’s information department Andrei Savinykh, Vasily Pugachev was welcomed by the president of Lebanon Emil Lahud. In course of the meeting Vassily Pugachev passed over to the head of the Lebanese Republic a personal missive and greetings from Alexander Lukashenko. The president of Lebanon expressed interest in the development of the Belarusian-Lebanese cooperation and confirmed his invitation to Alexander Lukashenko to pay personal official visit to Lebanon.

On January 20, 2003 within the framework of consultations between the Ministry of foreign affairs of Belarus ad Lebanon Vassily Pugachev was welcomed by the Minister of foreign affairs Mahmud Hammud. The sides discussed the condition and perspectives of bilateral cooperation in various spheres. Particular attention was paid to the problems of legal base’s sophistication, in particular in education, culture, scientific and technical cooperation, tourism and civil aviation.