Saudi Arabia requests Lebanese explanation for banning milk cargo

Saudi Arabia requested a Lebanese explanation concerning the banning at the border of a cargo shipment of milk product.

The Saudi minister asked the officials in the foreign and finance ministers as well as the exports development center in addition to the Saudi embassy in Lebanon to explain the incident of not allowing in a Saudi shipment with milk products and its derivatives for a long period on the borders.

The ministry received a message from the Saudi exports development center that says that the Lebanese customs authorities stopped a cargo with milk products produced by a Saudi company due to not having appropriate papers and certificates.

The ministry revealed that such procedure took place many time with some exported Saudi goods to Lebanon and that it contradicts with the ratified economic agreement between the two states in 1972 that was renewed in the current year with a decision from the Saudi cabinet.