The Lebanese delegation arrived in Syria and met with Faisal al-Muqdad.
The Lebanese delegation headed by Zinat Akr, Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon, Raymond Ghajar, Minister of Energy, Ghazi Wazni, Minister of Finance, and Abbas Ibrahim, Director General of the Lebanese Public Security Administration, headed to Jadidah Yabous crossing on the border, SANA reported. Syria has arrived.
The Lebanese delegation is exploring ways for bilateral cooperation with Syrian officials.
Al-Mayadin also announced that the delegation had met with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal al-Muqdad.
A Lebanese official was quoted by Reuters as saying that the delegation, chaired by Akr, would discuss a plan to transfer some of Egypt’s gas to Jordan to generate additional electricity and a network that would take Jordan to Lebanon. It connects through Syria and provides.
A source in the Lebanese Ministry of Energy also said that the visit is aimed at ensuring the Syrian government’s ability to implement the Egyptian gas transmission project through Jordan and then Syria to northern Lebanon. The agreement signed in 2009, which includes the transfer of Egyptian gas to Lebanon via Syria, is to be revived.
The United States recently announced that it was holding talks with Egypt and Jordan to help resolve the energy crisis in Lebanon.
Lebanese officials have generally refused to travel to Syria since the start of the war in 2011. Lebanon has pursued a policy of neutrality in the face of regional conflicts.
