Syrian-Lebanese cooperation in electricity and gas

Syria and Lebanon discussed Sunday the bilateral cooperation in fields of oil, gas and mine resources.

During a meeting between Syria's Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources, Ibrahim Haddad, and Lebanese Energy Minister, Mohammad Fneish, Haddad stressed depth of ties linking Syria and Lebanon and the joint desire to continuously develop it.

This meeting comes to discuss topic of Arab gas pipeline to extended it to Lebanon, as well mechanism of coordinating the executive steps to perform it, Haddad indicated.

Later, the standing cooperation between Syria and Lebanon in domains of electricity and eliminating obstacles that may hinder continuation of such cooperation as well issue of completion the sevenfold electricity network grid were discussed by Electricity Minister Muneb Saem al-Daher and Fneish.

Saem al-Daher and Fneish signed an agreement to transfer electricity between Syria and Lebanon. The agreement stipulates renewing the former agreement signed between the two states.

Saem al-Daher underlined the importance of this agreement to continue to supply Lebanon with electricity, indicating that the joint cooperation in this field dates back to the year 1973.

This agreement strengthens the existing relations between the two states, Fneish said, indicating the Syria will continue to supply Lebanon with electricity under all circumstances.