Bassil Discusses Water and Energy Cooperation with Russian Delegation

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Lebanese Energy and Water Minister Gibran Bassil discussed with a Russian delegation, lead by Head of Governmental Russian-Lebanese Cooperation Commission, Gregory Elken, the possibilities of Russian-Lebanese cooperation on the issues of water and energy.

In this context, Bassil explained to the delegation the strategies set, and the studies examined on the level of energy, water and dams.

Minister Bassil hoped that Russia would join the countries interested in investing in Lebanon and its developing projects.

Furthermore, Minister of Energy and Water presented the Russian delegation with the great opportunities in the electricity sector, in what the plan contains of wide expectations, especially on the level of establishing new transportation, commerce, and many other firms.

On the same level, Minister Gibran Bassil confirmed that the bilateral relations between Lebanon and Russia are good, further hoping for enhancing them, through cooperation on the economic level, in what also serves both countries' interests.