(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Beirut, June 14 (QNA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam met on Tuesday with the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the European Union, led by Committee Chairman Ambassador Walter Stevens, and membership of the 28 Ambassadors representing EU Member States at the PSC. The delegation also included the Chairman of the EU Military Committee, the Representative of the European Commission to the PSC, and the Deputy Director General of European Commission Directorate for Neighborhood and Enlargement.
Quoted by Lebanon National News Agency, the Lebanese Premier Salam stressed before the delegation "the need to intensify the European Union''s support to the Lebanese developmental priorities, especially in light of the difficult economic situation in the country and the need to assist Lebanon in the fight against poverty and unemployment, as well as bear the burden of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon." The Prime Minister also underlined the dire need to elect a president of the republic as "one of the key pillars of the Lebanese entity," pointing out that "the roadmap for cooperation between the EU and Lebanon has become underway, which will provide an opportunity to launch development projects, either via grants or soft loans." (QNA)