Egypt ready to pump gas to Lebanon

While Syria says the Arab Gas Pipeline on its territory is set and ready, Egypt announces that it is ready to export natural gas to Lebanon in the first quarter of 2022.
Lebanon gas
Lebanese wait to fill their gas cylinders in the southern city of Sidon amidst a deepening economic crisis, on Aug. 10, 2021. Lebanese lined up in long queues to stock up on cooking gas following warnings of imminent shortages, as an economic crisis eats away at supplies of basic imports. - MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images
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Syria’s Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Bassam Tohme revealed that the Arab Gas Pipeline inside Syria is ready to pump natural gas from Egypt into Lebanon.

In an interview with Syria TV, Tohme said, “The Arab Gas Pipeline inside Syria is 100 percent ready. Everything hinges now on a trade agreement between Lebanon and Egypt, pending the signing of a transit agreement with Syria.”

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