Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly asserted Tuesday that President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi always directs the government to provide full support to Lebanon.
Madbouly’s remarks came during his meeting with Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water Walid Fayyad.
During the meeting, the Prime Minister expressed Egypt’s wishes of success for the new Lebanese government headed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati.
The Lebanese Minister stressed that he was keen on visiting Egypt in his first official foreign trip since assuming his position, in appreciation of Egypt’s pivotal role in the Middle East and its support to Lebanon.
Fayyad reviewed the results of his meeting with Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, in which they discussed the transfer of Egyptian natural gas to Lebanon to help ease the power crisis in the country.
In this context, Fayyad expressed Lebanon’s appreciation and thanks to Egypt and its leadership for their constant support and assistance to Lebanon and its people, stressing the Lebanese government’s aspiration to enhance and revitalize aspects of cooperation with Egypt during the coming period.
The meeting was also attended by Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El-Molla, and the Lebanese ambassador to Cairo Ali Al-Halabi.
Last September, Egypt agreed to deliver natural gas to Lebanon through Jordanian and Syrian pipelines, putting an action plan and a timetable for implementation.
The agreement was reached during the ministerial meeting of the Arab Gas Pipeline countries (Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon) in Jordan.
Minister El-Molla affirmed Egypt’s permanent support to all Arab countries, saying, “Egypt is working to speed up coordination for delivering the Egyptian natural gas to Lebanon through Jordan and Syria.”
