Mortada contacts Kuwaiti Trade Minister, sends two letters to General Food Authority in Kuwait & Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to followup on export issue

  • Date: 03-May-2021
  • Source: National News Agency - Lebanon
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Kuwait
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Mortada contacts Kuwaiti Trade Minister, sends two letters to General Food Authority in Kuwait & Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to followup on export issue




NNA - Caretaker Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Mortada, addressed a correspondence letter to the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which he followed-up on the issue of exporting Lebanese products to the Arab Gulf states, explaining "the need to communicate with the Kuwaiti brethrens and inform them of the correspondence addressed within the official diplomatic protocol."



Mortada's move came after receiving a report from the Lebanese Commercial Attaché at the Lebanese Embassy in the State of Kuwait on the invitation of the General Authority for Food and Nutrition in Kuwait to a meeting aimed at examining the status and eligibility of Lebanese food and agricultural exports to Kuwait.



In the same context, Mortada sent a letter to the General Authority for Food and Nutrition in Kuwait, in which he affirmed Lebanon's commitment to international food standards, especially those issued by the Codex Alimentarius, emphasizing that Lebanon