Al-Kadhimi following the implementation of supplying Lebanon with one million tons of fuel

Beirut - INA - Amin Nasser

The Iraqi embassy in Beirut confirmed on Saturday, Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi is following the application of the supply of Lebanon agreement of one million tons of fuel.

The embassy advisor, Dr. Ahmed Jamal, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that "this step is the first implementation of the decision of the Iraqi Council of Ministers and the keenness of the Iraqi government, and the diligent follow-up by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, the concerned Iraqi ministries and the Iraqi embassy in Lebanon, for the real implementation of this decision, which supplying Lebanon with about one million tons of heavy fuel, which will be refined into petroleum products and diesel fuel, to support nutrition, produce electric power and all utilities of life inside Lebanon.

He added, "The ship that arrived today is carrying more than 30,000 tons of diesel fuel and will be distributed equally between two main plants in Lebanon. "Iraq is committed to the Lebanese people and feels their pain, so it has always been the first in this context, and that this support is from a humanitarian standpoint and there is no political interference in it at all." 
In turn, the head of the Deir Ammar plant, engineer Tony Yaqoub, confirmed that "the first ship of Iraqi oil arrived at the Deir Ammar thermal plant in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, and the process of unloading its cargo began in the presence of a delegation representing the Iraqi embassy in Lebanon.".

 He pointed out that "this initiative helps to stabilize the network and continue feeding as it is for citizens, hoping that there will be additional shipments so that the plant can increase the stock of fuel, because this will certainly help to operate the plant to reach its full capacity and increase the feeding hours."
He added, "Iraq's step is very important and positive and helps keep the electricity production plants in Lebanon working, because the lack of fuel is hampering the progress of work."