The minister of economy and trade Mansour Bteish singed on Friday a memorandum of understanding between his ministry and the Lebanese American University (LAU), represented by its president Joseph Jabra, in the service of the youth. Bteish said the ministry through said MoU looks forward to greater cooperation in the form of workshops, quality courses, seminars in all fields, and the exchange of studies as well as legal, scientific and professional expertise within the academic and research framework. “We are working to restore balance gradually to the public finance and revive national economy through stimulating domestic production, both in services and goods,” Bteish stated. In this way, we can restore the confidence of citizens and the young people in particular, he added. The increase in jobs for the Lebanese in their country is a priority for the ministry which will be completed today through this cooperation with the LAU, Bteish concluded. For his part, Jabra stressed the importance of the above MoU in mobilizing the future generations and rehabilitating them to get involved in the economic revolution. (Al Diyar, An Nahar, July 27, 2019)