Press Release: Ferrero-Waldner to visit Lebanon, 7 July 2006

European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, will be in Beirut on 7 July where she will meet with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Faouzi Salloukh, and other members of the Lebanese government. During her visit, the second since she took office, she will discuss the European Commission’s commitment to support Lebanon’s own reform programme and the implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan recently agreed between the parties. She will also sign an aviation agreement with Lebanon that will establish for the first time a direct air transport relationship between Lebanon and the EU.