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Article: EU/LEBANON: LEBANESE PREMIERS INITIAL ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT.
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- European Report
- Article date:
- January 12, 2002
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Trade."This is a great day for Lebanon and our historical relations are being given a formal setting in the form of an Association Agreement that Lebanon regards as a vote of confidence and a mark of confidence in our future relations," the Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafic Hariri told reporters in Brussels on January 10, after the Association Agreement had been initialled. He said the deal "would help even out our legal structures, our rules and standards, thereby helping to improve the quality of Lebanese produce and to boost its exports to the European market. Lebanon has registered a trade deficit with the EU for several years now (more than Euro 3 billion in 2000). ...