Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos today met with Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, on the margins of the EU-Arab League Ministerial Meeting.
The meeting, which took place in a warm climate, focused on issues of bilateral political and economic cooperation and on energy issues. Messrs. Venizelos and Bassil also discussed regional issues, with emphasis on the developments in the Middle East issue and the situations in Iraq and Syria.
Mr. Venizelos expressed his support for the territorial integrity of Lebanon, as well as the will of the Hellenic Presidency of the Council of the EU to further strengthen relations between the European Union and Lebanon.
June 11, 2014