Wed, 27 Jan 2010
Cairo (Earth Times) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his Egyptian counterpart, Ahmed Nazif, on Wednesday held a series of talks in Cairo aimed at boosting economic and energy ties. Egyptian Foreign Ministry sources said the talks were likely to produce a series of memorandums of understanding to be announced when Hariri meets Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak on Thursday.
Cairo's official MENA news agency noted the presence of Egyptian Petroleum Minister Samih Fahmi, and said the talks had included discussion of increased Egyptian investment in Lebanese energy projects.
Lebanon's power grid strains to keep up with the country's demand. Beirut is subject to frequent blackouts.
A pipeline linking Egypt's natural gas refineries with the Lebanese city of Tripoli came online in October, with supplies being used at a nearby power plant.
Following one-on-one talks between the two prime ministers, the Lebanese foreign, economy and information ministers met with the Egyptian ministers of economy, information, international cooperation and manpower, MENA reported.
Hariri arrived in Cairo on Tuesday, for the latest stop in a tour that last week took him to France and Turkey.
He also arrived hours after an Egyptian State Security Prosecutor asked for the death penalty in the case of 26 men, including Lebanese and Palestinian nationals, accused of plotting attacks in Egypt on behalf of the Lebanese Shiite party Hezbollah.
Hezbollah and Hariri are traditional political rivals, but now govern together as part of an "all-party" government.
In Beirut on Wednesday, Ahmed Fatfat, a member of Hariri's parliamentary bloc, told Lebanon's New TV that he did not know whether Hariri would play a mediating role in the Egyptian court case.
"The important thing is that they have a fair trial," Fatfat said.
Cairo (Earth Times) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his Egyptian counterpart, Ahmed Nazif, on Wednesday held a series of talks in Cairo aimed at boosting economic and energy ties. Egyptian Foreign Ministry sources said the talks were likely to produce a series of memorandums of understanding to be announced when Hariri meets Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak on Thursday.
Cairo's official MENA news agency noted the presence of Egyptian Petroleum Minister Samih Fahmi, and said the talks had included discussion of increased Egyptian investment in Lebanese energy projects.
Lebanon's power grid strains to keep up with the country's demand. Beirut is subject to frequent blackouts.
A pipeline linking Egypt's natural gas refineries with the Lebanese city of Tripoli came online in October, with supplies being used at a nearby power plant.
Following one-on-one talks between the two prime ministers, the Lebanese foreign, economy and information ministers met with the Egyptian ministers of economy, information, international cooperation and manpower, MENA reported.
Hariri arrived in Cairo on Tuesday, for the latest stop in a tour that last week took him to France and Turkey.
He also arrived hours after an Egyptian State Security Prosecutor asked for the death penalty in the case of 26 men, including Lebanese and Palestinian nationals, accused of plotting attacks in Egypt on behalf of the Lebanese Shiite party Hezbollah.
Hezbollah and Hariri are traditional political rivals, but now govern together as part of an "all-party" government.
In Beirut on Wednesday, Ahmed Fatfat, a member of Hariri's parliamentary bloc, told Lebanon's New TV that he did not know whether Hariri would play a mediating role in the Egyptian court case.
"The important thing is that they have a fair trial," Fatfat said.
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