The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Lebanon, Hamad Saeed Shamsi, joined hands with Beirut Governor Ziad Chbib, and Beirut Municipality head, Jamal Itani, on Wednesday to plant a palm tree in one of the main boulevards of Beirut's Ramlet Bayda, as part of the campaign launched by the UAE diplomat to plant 500 palm trees in several Lebanese regions.

The palm trees' planting project comes within the framework of the "Zayed 2018" initiatives, in cooperation with the "Afak Lebanon" Institution and the faculty of agriculture of the Holy Spirit University Kaslik.

In his delivered word, Governor Chbib thanked the United Arab Emirates, leadership and people, for their initiative, noting that planting the Emirati palm tree in Beirut illustrated the deeply-rooted relations between the two brotherly countries. 

"Our message to Lebanon, people and government, is a message of love, peace and friendship," the UAE envoy maintained, stressing that his country is against extremism, terrorism and racism.