Syrian-Jordanian border opens to Lebanese exports

After the announcement of the reopening of the Nassib-Jaber crossing between Jordan and Syria (https://goo.gl/6QUyH5), Lebanon has been officially notified yesterday through General Security Director General, Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, of the opening of the crossing and Syrian territory for Lebanese exports. In the details, the head of the Beqaa Farmers’ Association, Ibrahim Tarshishi, cited Gen. Ibrahim’s confirmation of the launch of export activity from Lebanon to Arab countries via the above crossings. He said that, following his talks with the Syrian side, Gen. Ibrahim said the situation has been restored to the period before the border crisis in 2015. Tarshishi said the reopening of Nassib is a dream come true, pointing to the USD 2.6 billion in losses incurred over the past three years and which did not affect one sector only, but the whole nation. Meanwhile, while the minister of agriculture in the caretaker government, Ghazi Zeiater, maintained that the decision to resume the smooth and automatic movement of Lebanese trucks via Syria as a result of the Jordanian-Syrian agreement, the head of the Lebanese Truck Drivers Association, Shafiq Qassis, said the trucks have not started moving pending the implementation of the newly applied measures, notably the transit tax increase on the Syrian part. For his part, President Michel Aoun said the agreement would benefit Lebanon and restore links with the Arab community, stressing that the reopening of the vital crossing will revive the various productive sectors and reduce the cost of export to Arab countries. (Al Akhbar, An Nahar, Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, October 16, 2018)

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