Lebanese cuisine in a fair in Sicily and participate in a wider Mediterranean cooperation

Lebanon officially has taken part in the ‘Festa Del Mare’ or festival of the sea in Sicily, Italy, through a live presentation by famous chef, Charbel Abu Samra, which was aired directly on local TV channels. Lebanon’s participation came after the country’s earlier participation at Expo Milano, in June 2015 which resulted in cooperation agreements with many countries, regions and cities, including Sicily. Lebanon is expected to continue this cooperation through the European initiative entitled, “ItineraMed of the taste”, a project to be implemented in 6 Mediterranean countries and which will bring together 5 Lebanese cities, namely Beirut, Tyre, Deir Al Qamar, Baalbek and Ehden with 5 cities from Albania, Serbia, Egypt, Malta and Italy with the aim of fostering cooperation in tourism and culture among these countries. The project will also seek to create a unified international trademark for tourist business, particularly restaurants and hotels that will have it prominent place within the global tourism map. Collaboration areas will expand at a later stage so as to include the implementation of specific construction projects and the twinning of Lebanese and Italian cities. (Al Akhbar January 13, 2016)