The launching conference of the MedDiet project (Mediterranean diet and enhancement of traditional foodstuff) took place yesterday at the premises of the leading partner Unioncamere in Rome and in presence of representatives from the member countries Spain, Greece, Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia. Mr Rabih Sabra, Director General of the Chamber of Beirut and Mount Lebanon made a brief intervention stressing on the importance of this project from the health, social, cultural and economic perspectives.