Protests continue due to deteriorating living conditions
52 containers of hazardous materials located at the port of Beirut
Aoun has given directions to remove any hazardous materials.
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Yesterday, the Lebanese Minister of Public Works and Transport, Michel Najjar, revealed the presence of 52 containers of hazardous materials in the port of Beirut, while popular protests continued in many Lebanese regions, due to the poor living conditions and the high exchange rate of the dollar against the Lebanese pound.
Najjar said - after a meeting chaired by the Lebanese President, General Michel Aoun, yesterday, to discuss the conditions of the port of Beirut - that President Aoun gave his instructions to remove any dangerous materials.
He added that he applied for exceptional approval to allocate part of the World Bank loan to finance the removal of dangerous containers in the port.
He announced that the process of packaging these 52 containers began "more than a month ago, and we are still throwing the ball from one place to another, because the funding for this process has not yet been secured, and therefore the containers are still in the port."
He pointed out that President Aoun gave his "initial approval to allocate an amount from the World Bank loan to finance this operation."
This comes at a time when protesters blocked a number of roads in eastern, northern and southern Lebanon and in the capital Beirut, and a number of protesters staged a sit-in in front of the Banque du Liban in Hamra, Beirut, denouncing the financial policies.
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