Agriculture Minister meets his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo, raises tax issue on Lebanese products

Agriculture Minister meets his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo, raises tax issue on Lebanese products

NNA - Caretaker Minister of Agriculture,nbsp;Abbas Hajj Hassan, met today during his visit to Egypt to preside over the works of the Executive Council of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development,nbsp;the Egyptian Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Mohamed Marzouq Al-Qaseer, in the presence of Lebanon#39;s Ambassador to Egypt Ali Al-Halabi, the Director General of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development,nbsp;Ibrahim Al-Dakhiri, the Director-General of the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministerrsquo;s advisors.

Talks centerednbsp;on bilateral relations between the two countries in the agricultural field.

During the meeting, Minister Hajj Hassan referred to the Egyptian tax imposed on Lebanese goods, which amounts to 10%, and the Egyptian minister promised to activate the issue with the relevant ministries in order to find a new mechanism.

Hajj Hassan affirmed quot;the strength of the historical relationship that links Lebanon with Egypt,quot; noting that quot;they are not commercial relations, but rather brotherly relations between both brotherly peoples,nbsp;governments and states.quot;

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