Lebanon signs new electricity deal with Jordan, Syria

AL-MONITOR Staff

Lebanon's Energy Minister Walid Fayad (C) during the signing of a deal that will supply Lebanon with electricity, in Beirut on Jan. 26, 2022. — Lebanon's Energy Minister Walid Fayad (C), Syria's Electricity Minister Ghassan al-Zamil (R), and Jordan's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Ali Hamed al-Kharabsheh speak to the press during the signing of a deal that will supply Lebanon with electricity, in Beirut on Jan. 26, 2022. — ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images

The Lebanese government announced today a new electricity deal with Syria and Jordan.

Lebanon’s Water and Energy Minister Walid Fayad signed the agreement with his Syrian and Jordanian counterparts, Ghassan al-Zamel and Saleh al-Kharabsheh. The deal will send 250 megawatts of electricity from Jordan and Syria into Lebanon, the official National News Agency reported.

Zamel said that Damascus hopes today’s agreement will lead to more “Arab-Arab cooperation,” the official SANA news outlet reported.

The exact arrangement is not yet finalized.

Lebanon signs new electricity deal with Jordan, Syria

A previously announced agreement to export Egyptian gas to Lebanon has yet to come to fruition.

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