Sardinia to start developments in South, Bekaa

BEIRUT: A delegation of the Italian island of Sardinia announced on Friday that it will be undertaking several development projects in south Lebanon and the Bekaa. The delegation finished its visit to Lebanon with the promise of launching several projects of cultural and environmental development as well as promoting religious dialogue. Talal Khreis, secretary general of the Italian-Arab center Assadakah, said that the island of Sardinia would be a “bridge of cooperation and understanding between Lebanon and Italy.” The director general of the National Committee for the Municipalities of Sardinia reiterated the importance of cooperation, adding that Lebanon has suffered from repeated Israeli aggression and it was “only normal for Italy to stand by the suffering party.” Italian delegations in Lebanon have so far executed about 240 development projects, he said.