Soviet Russia offered technical aid to Lebanon in a renewed effort to stimulate trade with the Arab states, it was reported here today from Beirut.
A six-man economic development commission from Moscow began a two-week campaign to increase Soviet trade with Beirut before launching similar drives in Syria, Egypt and other Arab states inclined toward the East. The aid offer involves road building, hydroelectric dams irrigation, railway and seaport improvements.
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