Syria Exempts Lebanese Products from Transit Fees

On the sidelines of the United Nations Food Systems Summit held in Rome, the caretaker Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Hajj Hassan, met with the Syrian Minister of Agriculture, Mohammad Hassan Qattana. They discussed several topics of mutual interest and continued the conversation on points addressed in previous agricultural meetings between the two countries in Beirut and Damascus. During the meeting, the Syrian Minister informed his Lebanese counterpart of the Syrian government's approval to reduce transit fees imposed on Lebanese agricultural products by 50%. The Syrian side requested the Lebanese Minister to ensure certain facilitation measures from the Lebanese side, to which Hajj Hassan promised to convey the Syrian request to the relevant authorities in the Lebanese government to overcome any obstacles.