Egypt to send a promotional mission to Lebanon tomorrow

The promotional mission sent by the Egyptian Export Council for Building Materials with participation of 40 firms will head to Lebanon tomorrow for four days to further business dealings with the Lebanese market.

Hanan Ismail, the executive director, said that the mission is organized in cooperation with Building Materials Industries and Metallurgical Industries chambers at Federation of Egyptian Industries as well as the Egyptian-Lebanese Businessmen Friendship Association.

Furthermore, the promotional mission is under the auspices of the minister of industry & trade and the minister of investments with participation of a number of companies operating in Marble & Granite, cement, Insulation material and Sanitary Ware sectors.

Ismail added that the mission aims at meeting with the Lebanese businessmen union dominating the African market to forge an alliance between the two sides. This alliance seeks to benfit from the Lebanese expertise to promote the Egyptian products of building materials and Metallurgical Industries in Africa.

Moreover, the mission includes holding bilateral meetings between the Lebanese and Egyptian companies in Beirut and Sidon