Bassil from Turkey: Turkey Ready to Supply Lebanon with Electricity

Local Editor

Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water Gibran Bassil and his accompanying delegation came back from an official visit to Turkey, during which bilateral talks took place on the level of energy cooperation between both countries.

Bilateral talks mainly stressed on possibilities of supplying Lebanon with electricity and natural gas from Turkey, and from other countries as well.

During the visit, an extended meeting took place in the Turkish Ministry of Energy between the Turkish and Lebanese counterparts, after which both sides agreed on the possibility of providing Lebanon with gas and electricity from Turkey.

In this context, both countries agreed that further meetings will be held in the presence of Syria, and later on with Jordan, where extra research on cooperative mission in the energy sector will take place.

In a press conference held after the meeting, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz, expressed his country's readiness to supply Lebanon with electricity in a period of 15 months through Syria.

On his part, Lebanese Energy Minister Gibran Bassil announced that the meeting rolled in the bilateral Lebanese-Turkish cooperation, stressing that the aim of this visit was to go through details of how electricity and gas would be transferred from Turkey.

Minister Bassil concluded saying that both sides reached an agreement that details will be tackled on the Syrian part, in order to reach total understanding on the issues of electricity and natural gas.