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Minister denies reports of Syrian food blockade of Lebanon |
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008 |
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BEIRUT, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Transportation and Public Works Minister Mohammad Safadi denied press reports that said Syria had imposed a blockade of food supplies on Lebanon, local Naharnet news website reported on Wednesday.
Private cars, trucks and buses, which did not have a license, were the only vehicles that were banned from transporting food supplies to Lebanon, Safadi was quoted as saying during a meeting with a delegation from the truck owners' federation Tuesday. Safadi stressed that there was no border crisis between Lebanon and Syria, adding that cargo trucks transporting food products to Lebanon which had legal papers were not stopped. The daily An Nahar, cited the information received by Lebanese authorities, said Syrian customs authorities circulated to all border checkpoints Damascus' decision to prevent trucks and vehicles carrying food supplies from crossing Lebanon early Monday morning. It said that long convoys of cargo trucks queued at the Abboudieh-Dabbousieh northern border crossing between Lebanon and Syria on Jan. 11 after Syrian authorities launched strict inspection procedures. |
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