The Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Al Siniora laid here today the foundation stone of Lebanon's Arab highway road project (Mderg -Ta `nayil) funded by the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, the Saudi Development Fund and OPEC Fund at a cost of $ 152 million. The foundation stone laying ceremony was attended by the Lebanese Minister of Public Works and Transportation Ghazi Aridi; Vice President and Managing Director of the Saudi Development Fund Youssef Al-Bassam; the Chargé D'affaires of the Saudi Embassy in Lebanon Adel bin Abdulrahman Bakhsh; President of Lebanese Development and Reconstruction Nabil Al-Jisr; and a number of Lebanese officials. Addressing the gathering, Al Jisr delivered commended the Saudi support for rebuilding of Lebanon. He also expressed thanks to the Saudi Development Fund, stressing that the Fund always extends its help to Lebanon. -- More
