Algeria has promised to immediately begin supplying Lebanon with fuel for its faltering power plants, a day after Lebanon’s electricity company announced its supplies were exhausted.
Algerian state radio said in a statement the North African nation will assist Lebanon, but did not give any detail.
Lebanon, which is on the brink of all-out war with Israel and facing economic challenges, has battled chronic electricity problems for decades, with its cash transfers to the state electricity company contributing to the country’s huge public debt.
The company, Electricite du Liban (EDL), on Saturday announced a complete nationwide power outage, including at critical facilities such as the airport, saying power would come back gradually when more supplies were secured, either through a swap agreement with Iraq or other sources.
Source: AlJazeera
