An agreement was signed Tuesday in Beirut for importing Egyptian natural gas to Lebanon through Syria.
Caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayyad said the agreement will allow Lebanon to provide four extra hours of power supply to its citizens.
“We are looking forward to final guarantees from the United States over the (Caesar Act) sanctions (on Syria), in order to ensure the implementation of the plan,” Fayyad added.
Under the agreement, 650 million cubic meters of Egyptian gas would flow through Syria to Lebanon every year, according to Syria’s al-Watan newspaper.