Syria agrees to pass gas and electricity to Lebanon

The head of the Lebanese-Syrian Supreme Council, Nasri Khoury, announced today, Saturday, Syria's approval of the Lebanese side's request for assistance in passing Egyptian gas and Jordanian electricity through Syrian territory.

In a press statement today at the conclusion of the Syrian-Lebanese meeting, Khoury affirmed Syria's readiness to meet that.

A Lebanese ministerial delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister - Acting Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs in the caretaker government, Zina Aker, arrived today at the Jdeidet Yabous crossing on the Syrian border.

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported today that the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Faisal Miqdad, received the delegation at the crossing.

She added that the delegation would discuss bilateral cooperation between the two countries, especially the issue of importing Egyptian gas to Lebanon.

Sources close to the meeting revealed to the German News Agency that the research will also deal with the restoration of the Arab gas and electricity pipelines, which have been sabotaged during the past years, and the exclusion of electricity and gas transmissions from the US sanctions law on Syria due to the crisis in Lebanon as a result of oil derivatives.

The Lebanese delegation includes Raymond Ghajar, Minister of Energy and Water, Ghazi Wazni, Minister of Finance, and Director General of Public Security Major General Abbas Ibrahim.

Khoury Benn, in a statement to reporters, said that the visit is the first for an official Lebanese delegation since 2011, and its aim is to discuss the issue of leasing gas from Egypt to Lebanon through Syria to produce electric power, explaining that the visit duration is one day and certain agreements are expected to be reached.

Khoury said: "I think the visit has political implications and others related to the issue of gas and reactivating cooperation between the two countries."

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