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    ArmenPress
    April 2 2004

    LEBANON'S PRIME MINISTER WRAPS UP YEREVAN VISIT

    YEREVAN, APRIL 2, ARMENPRESS: Wrapping up a two-day visit to
    Yerevan, Lebanon's Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, said the maiden
    session of a joint intergovernmental commission focused on ways for
    boosting commercial exchange between the two countries and reviewing
    all previously signed agreements.
    Speaking to a news conference together with his Armenian
    counterpart, Andranik Margarian, Hariri said Armenian and Lebanese
    officials agreed to set up a permanent joint structure that would
    explore and facilitate investment opportunities in the two countries
    and discuss new transportation schemes to promote bigger trade
    exchange.
    Armenian prime minister in turn said a lot has to be done for
    proper study of the countries’ markets, which he said can be achieved
    through reciprocal visits, exchange of information and other relevant
    actions. He also said that Armenia has a lot to learn from Lebanon's
    burgeoning tourism industry.
    Hariri, arrived in Yerevan accompanied by cabinet ministers and
    four ethnic Armenian members of the Lebanese parliament. Before the
    1975 civil war Lebanon was home to one of the most influential
    Armenian communities abroad numbering more than 300,000, but despite
    that thousands of them chose to emigrate to Europe and USA, the
    community is represented in the government and parliament, being also
    instrumental in contributing to warm political relations between the
    two nations.
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