VOL. XLIV

No. 21

21-May-2001

SYRIA/LEBANON

Lebanon And Syria Sign Agreement For Gas Pipeline Project

The Lebanese and Syrian Governments on 11 May signed an agreement in principle to build a 45km pipeline from Tall Kalakh in Syria to Deir 'Ammar near Tripoli in Lebanon for the supply of Syrian gas to Lebanon. The agreement was signed by the Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water, Muhammad Baydun, and the Syrian Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources, Muhammad Mahir Jamal. Mr Baydun said the...