Energy Minister Walid Fayyad is in Egypt and will hold intensives meetings today, Monday with the Egyptian petrol and electricity ministers, media reports said.
The talks will especially focus on “the possibility of expediting the steps aimed at Lebanon obtaining Egyptian gas as soon as possible,” al-Joumhouria newspaper said.
Fayyad, who is accompanied by a delegation, will leave Cairo for Amman on Tuesday evening to meet with his Jordanian and Syrian counterparts to continue discussions over the cooperation protocols related to the Egyptian gas pipeline and the importation of electricity from Jordan via Syria, the daily added.