The Lebanese Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Hajj Hassan, says that “the Central Bank is supposed to disburse the wheat credits today, so that ships loaded with the material will enter in batches to the port of Beirut, which will gradually return things to normal.”
The Lebanese Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Hajj Hassan, denied the intention to lift subsidies on flour, expecting that the Banque du Liban will open credits for wheat today, Tuesday.
Today, the National News Agency quoted Hajj Hassan as saying that, following the efforts that have been made, the Banque du Liban is supposed to open credits for wheat today, so that ships loaded with the material enter in batches to the port of Beirut, which will gradually return things to normal.
He denied that the Central Bank had opened credits under a circumstantial debt contract with the government, stressing that no one wants to lift subsidies on flour, at least in the foreseeable future.
Haj Hassan revealed a cabinet session that will be held in the coming hours with a large and intense agenda, pointing out that “everyone today feels the difficulty of the state of affairs, and therefore I think we are heading to a different stage in terms of the quality of dealing with matters.”
For his part, Lebanese Economy Minister Amin Salam told Archyde.com that the Lebanese government had agreed to disburse $15 million as a temporary solution to the country’s growing shortage of bread.
Long queues began gathering outside bakeries across the country on Monday following mill owners and bakeries warned that the government had not opened up funds it had long promised for subsidized bread.
Several Lebanese flour companies announced last week, It has stopped working and is out of service Because of the depletion of wheat stocks, according to her statements.
And the captain of the bakery owners’ syndicate, Ali Ibrahim, said in an interview with “Free Lebanon” yesterday “The ovens are empty of flour, as they cannot accommodate a quantity that is sufficient for more than 4 or 5 days,” adding: I smell lift support As they did when they lifted fuel subsidies, and then the price of a bundle of bread would become fictitious and reach 30 thousand pounds.”
