Aoun Asks Jordan King to Allow Passage of Lebanese Produce
President Michel Aoun on Monday held phone talks with Jordanian King Abdullah II to inquire about the reasons behind the closure of Jordan’s Nassib border crossing in the face of Lebanese agricultural goods, the National News Agency said.
“He asked him to intervene to open the crossing to 60 trucks carrying dozens of tons of fresh Lebanese vegetables and fruits,” NNA added.
“King Abdullah responded positively to President Aoun’s request and gave his instructions to facilitate the passage of the convoy of trucks,” the agency said.
Aoun for his part thanked the monarch for his cooperation, stressing “the firmness of the brotherly Lebanese-Jordanian ties.”
The president also extended gratitude to King Abdullah for the air lift that the kingdom organized in the wake of the devastating Beirut blast to offer medical and humanitarian assistance to Lebanon.
07 September 2020, 17:32
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Of course that there is reinforced control. This is a Syrian/Jordanian crossing. Ebola weapons transit through it...
07 September 2020, 20:02
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When a country gets to the point where the president has to call another leader of a country to allow passage of the countries trucks is when you know that country hit rock bottom. Alas.
08 September 2020, 09:02
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Maybe make peace with Israel, this would be your sole action which will benefit Lebanon's present day and future.
08 September 2020, 16:22
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"Maybe make peace with Israel". Dream on, unfortunately, the political leadership of Lebanon under the thumb of Hizballah, is much more interested in keeping the people of the country in a state of war, lack of food, lack of electricity, lack of money, lack of .........everything.
08 September 2020, 13:58
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It's not our borders..Jordan is closing the Syrian-Jordanian borders due to obvious reasons...how about the fruits are infested from the blast chemicals and should be destroyed as an answer?
Work on a peace plan with Israel if you want fresh dollars. Dollars do not come from the Syrian borders.
08 September 2020, 16:26
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"Work on a peace plan with Israel if you want ..........."
They worked on this in the late 1980's and even reach an signed agreement, but the then Syrian rulers of the country threw it in the rubbish bin.
Israel would be more than willing to restart from the signed agreement, but it is almost certain that under the present situation of Hizballah control, Lebanon would not be able to let this happen.
