Miqati, Berri Launch Litani Project: Its Success Cannot Be Achieved without Fortifying Stability

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Prime Minister Najib Miqati and Speaker Nabih Berri launched on Tuesday the 300-million dollar Litani River project to irrigate land in southern Lebanon.

Miqati said at the launch at the Grand Serail: “Its success cannot be achieved without fortifying Lebanon’s stability.”

He added that it was possible through the Lebanese government’s efforts and foreign aid.

“The Litani project will encourage our people to remain in their homeland,” Miqati stated.

He thanked Kuwait for its contributions to the project, congratulating the residents of the South on the achievement.

“Exploiting water wealth is Lebanon’s right and the country is entitled to defend it against foreign aggression,” the premier stressed.

For his part, Berri noted: “Today we are witnessing one of the chapters of Lebanon’s victory against Israel.”

“We thank Kuwait, its emir, and people, as well as the Lebanese government that helped make this project a reality and defeat Israel’s aspirations to exploit Lebanon’s water wealth,” he added.

The Litani River project is aimed at irrigating agricultural land in southern Lebanon.

It provides irrigation water to lands that lie 800 meters above sea level, As Safir newspaper reported Monday.

Berri said earlier this month that the irrigation and hydroelectric project in addition to the implementation of oil exploration decrees would be seen as the culmination of the government’s achievements.

Those two projects will be a source of pride for Miqati’s government after consecutive cabinets since 1943 failed to implement them, he said.

“They will make a development and economic renaissance,” Berri added.

Comments 3
Default-user-icon Someone (Guest) 17 January 2012, 12:07

A great achievement by this government; unlike the past corrupt governments of March 14, this government is effective, efficient, and not stagnant. ONE WAY TICKET!

Default-user-icon Someone (Guest) 17 January 2012, 13:35

You must be a a fool (which is probably not far from the truth) to think that the electricity problem can be fixed in a jiffy. Indeed, it is a shame that the past corrupt governments of March 14 losers exacerbated the electricity problem and did not bother to do anything about it, unlike the current government.

Missing peace 17 January 2012, 17:15

populist announcement just to make people believe that they did this project which started years ago...