started in Beirut of Arab economy and involving a number of senior officials in Arab countries - by yehia
He added Mahmoud Mohieddin and Minister of Investment to the conference that there seriousness of recent global trends in some advenced industrial countries to expand the production of energy from food, pointing out that the more important that the world moves to develop and solar energy and allocate more the necessary resources to develop.
he called for using the surpluses Arab achieved as a result of the high price of oil in acclerating rates of Arab development and financing giant investment projects to support agricultural development and food porduction in line with needs of the Arab world.
Mohieddin criticized by some western countries to impose restrictions on investment funds, sovereign Arab calling for the imposition on hedge funds funds and the west said that Arab funds committed in the area of investment transparency and long term investment away from the bad things and therefore should not take any measures against them.
The address file inflation and high prices should not occupy Arab governments on the continuing economic reforms.
He stressed that Egypt is undergoing rapid economic and investment fields in Egypt and are prepared to facilitate the task of providing capital for Arab and foreign in order to provide attractive investment climate and said that the Egyptian economy achieved a very Growth rates and that there are real opportunities for investment.
He called for integration between public and private sectors in Arab countries in agricultural development projects and said that spending on the infrastructure needed for these projects may become a necessity justified by economic exigencies.
He spoke Raouf Zaki, director Business and Economics Foundation
organization for the conference, he pointed out that the Forum for the sixteenth year in a row in Beirut confirms the confidence of the Arab homeland Lebanon's ability to transcend its problems and overcome obstacles and hinted that he was afraid not to attend some in the light of the difficult conditions experienced by Lebanon but the Arab diligence Lebanon was the greatest of all fears.
He commended President Dr. Nabil Itani government institution to promote investments in Lebanon Ideal Egyptian role in encouraging the Lebanese economy and said that the volume of trade exchange between the two countries amounted to 427 million dollars the value of Egyptian exports, including 379 million dollars and Lebanese exports 48 million dollars, pointing out that Egypt imports 60% of the Lebanese production of apples, one of the most important markets for imported goods and Lebanese agricultural products.
He said at a symposium organized by the commercial representation office in the Egyptian embassy in Beirut in collaboration with the Ministries of Economy and Agriculture of Lebanon to discuss prospects for cooperation in agricultural products between the two countries that the government attaches particular importance the development of exports to various countries around the world which contributed a major role in the founding of the national program to support agricultural exports . On his part, Dr Ayman Othman, head of the Egyptian Commercial Office in Lebanon that the Egyptian government and encourage the movement of trade exchange between the two countries will apply a set of facilities including a mission of experts inspected the Ministry of Agriculture revealed the Lebanese exports before shipment to Egypt to shorten the time in obtaining approvals bodies Competent in agriculture was also inaugurate the navigation line between Beirut and Alexandria, organized by the Egyptian Company for Maritime and shorten the distance and help to ensure the transfer of exports between the two countries in record time and without exposure to the risks of road transport, especially vegetables and fruit.