Beirut, Lebanon. Mrs. Rodi Kratsa, Vice-President of the European Parliament responsible for the Euro-Mediterranean relations and the President of the Monitoring Group of EMUNI visited Lebanon and held a series of meetings with Lebanese officials.

Mrs. Kratsa, present throughout crucial times of the country, congratulated the President, H.E. General Michel Sleiman and the Prime Minister, Mr. Saad Hariri, for the formation of the new government. Mrs. Kratsa also met with Member of Parliament and President of the Foreign Affairs parliamentary Committee, Mr. Abdullatif Alzein, the Minister of Economy & Trade, Mr. Muhammad Safadi and the Minister of Labor, Mr. Boutros Harb.

With the Minister of Education and Higher Learning, Dr. Hassan Mneimneh, she also discussed the active participation of Lebanese Universities of the Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI). She informed Mr. Mneimneh about the recent decision of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly to establish a Working Group on EMUNI presided by herself and underlined her willingness to cooperate closely with Lebanon on this issue. In this respect she also met with the Counsellor of the President of Lebanon responsible for the Euromed Agency for Research, Dr. Elie Assaf.