NNA - Caretaker Minister of Agriculture, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, Abbas Hajj Hassan, headed to Egypt today, to participate in the work of the Executive Council and to meet his Egyptian counterpart and a number of officials in Cairo.

Prior to his trip, Hajj Hassan affirmed "the depth of the brotherly relations between Cairo and Beirut," calling for "expanding joint Arab action for the sake of solid and unshakable Arab food security, in light of global economic changes."

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