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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/lebanon

European Investment Bank (EIB) to use FEMIP to help reconstruction of economy and support SMEs

Brussels, 12/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 11 January, the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed an agreement with Lebanon creating a new investment company, Byblos Ventures, to support SMEs through “small and medium sized equity and quasi-equity investments”. The agreement was announced on the eve of the international conference for support to Lebanon to be held in Paris on 25 January. It was signed during a visit to Beirut by EIB Vice President Philippe de Fontaine Vive.

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