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Yemen, Lebanon sign 11 cooperation treaties
SANA'A, March 08 (Saba) - Yemen and Lebanon signed here on Sunday 11
agreements of joint cooperation including the establishment of the
supreme joint committee to be co-chaired by both countries' Prime
Ministers.
During the conclusion of the Yemeni-Lebanese talk session co-chaired
by Prime Ministers Ali Mujawar and Fuad Saniora, the two sides
affirmed that the role of the joint committee would be to frame the
institutional work of cooperation and to follow up annually the
implementation progress of the signed agreements.
The other agreements included three protocols for cooperation in
youth and sport, tourism and commercial chambers, four executive
programs in areas of education, culture, social affairs and labor
and technical education and vocational training and two cooperation
agreements in judiciary and documentation in addition to an
understanding memorandum in wealth fisheries.
During the conclusion of the Yemeni-Lebanese talk session, Mujawar
hoped that the signed agreements would contribute to strengthening
the bilateral work including the agreement related to the
Yemeni-Lebanese joint supreme committee, saying that the follow-up
machinery is the most important at the present otherwise the
agreements would be nothing but "ink on papers".
"No doubt, establishing the joint committee and holding it
periodically will contribute to pushing the ties forward," Mujawar
added.
Mujawar pointed to the significance of setting up a joint council of
businessmen in the two countries to activate the coordination
process and building joint companies and assisting in developing the
trade exchanging, noting to the importance of coordination and
information exchanging between the two countries on the achieved
steps on the way of joining to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
For his part, Saniora pointed to the significance of developing the
maritime and land transport to embody the two countries' ambitions
to raise the trade exchanging level.
Saniora affirmed the necessity of working jointly to secure the
appropriate environments to strengthen the private sector work.
agreements of joint cooperation including the establishment of the
supreme joint committee to be co-chaired by both countries' Prime
Ministers.
During the conclusion of the Yemeni-Lebanese talk session co-chaired
by Prime Ministers Ali Mujawar and Fuad Saniora, the two sides
affirmed that the role of the joint committee would be to frame the
institutional work of cooperation and to follow up annually the
implementation progress of the signed agreements.
The other agreements included three protocols for cooperation in
youth and sport, tourism and commercial chambers, four executive
programs in areas of education, culture, social affairs and labor
and technical education and vocational training and two cooperation
agreements in judiciary and documentation in addition to an
understanding memorandum in wealth fisheries.
During the conclusion of the Yemeni-Lebanese talk session, Mujawar
hoped that the signed agreements would contribute to strengthening
the bilateral work including the agreement related to the
Yemeni-Lebanese joint supreme committee, saying that the follow-up
machinery is the most important at the present otherwise the
agreements would be nothing but "ink on papers".
"No doubt, establishing the joint committee and holding it
periodically will contribute to pushing the ties forward," Mujawar
added.
Mujawar pointed to the significance of setting up a joint council of
businessmen in the two countries to activate the coordination
process and building joint companies and assisting in developing the
trade exchanging, noting to the importance of coordination and
information exchanging between the two countries on the achieved
steps on the way of joining to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
For his part, Saniora pointed to the significance of developing the
maritime and land transport to embody the two countries' ambitions
to raise the trade exchanging level.
Saniora affirmed the necessity of working jointly to secure the
appropriate environments to strengthen the private sector work.
