BEIRUT, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese-Qatari Businessmen Council was established to boost the partnership between the two countries' private sectors, Mohammad Choucair, head of Beirut's Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, announced on Wednesday.

A statement released by the chamber noted that the new council will work on boosting bilateral economic ties.

Choucair stressed that the establishment of this council comes as Lebanon aims to strengthen economic relations with Arab countries, especially the Gulf States.

"The Gulf States are strategic economic partners for Lebanon at all levels, including tourism, export of industrial, agricultural and service products, investments, and foreign transfers," he said, adding that the historical, human, and brotherly relations bind the Lebanese with peoples of these countries.

Fadi Saab, president of the new council, said that he will make a high-quality leap in economic cooperation between the private sectors of the two countries.

In light of Lebanon's economic crisis, Saab called for efforts to improve relations with the Gulf countries in the interest of his country. Enditem

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