On May 23rd, Madam Lin Yi, Vice President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) met with Mr. Abdelghani Kabara, Consultant of Lebanese Prime Minister for Northern Affairs.

Madam Lin Yi welcomed Mr. Kabara to the CPAFFC and introduced the people-to-people exchanges between the CPAFFC and Lebanon, she said the CPAFFC is willing to actively promote the Chinese local governments, academic institutions and enterprises to establish sister cities and carry out the exchanges in culture, trade and other areas with their counterparts in Lebanon to further consolidate the people-to-people friendly cooperation relations between China and Lebanon.

Mr. Kabara thanked Madam Lin for meeting with him and introduced the basic situation of Tripoli city and projects in progress in the city including port, airport, railway and knowledge city and welcomed the Chinese side to visit and invest in Tripoli city and the northern area. Mr. Kabara said Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri highly appreciates and supports the “Belt and Road Initiative" raised by China, Lebanon is willing to give full play to its unique geographical advantages to strengthen cooperation with China in various fields.

The northern area of Lebanon is located beside Syria. As the capital of the Northern Province, Tripoli is the second largest city of Lebanon.