Salam Requests Turkey's Help in Resolving Trash Crisis
Prime Minister Tammam Salam contacted on Friday his Turkish counterpart to request Ankara's assistance in helping Lebanon resolve its waste disposal crisis, reported Anatolia news agency.
It said that Salam contacted Ahmet Davutoglu to discuss the issue.
Turkish ministerial sources told the news agency that Davutoglu had informed Salam of his country's readiness to help Lebanon end its crisis.
“Turkey has the means to end the problem,” he reportedly told the premier.
Davutoglu then tasked the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning to devise the relevant plans.
He also ordered that a technical team travel to Beirut “as soon as possible” to tackle the crisis, added Anatolia news agency.
The necessary measures to that end are being taken, it said.
The trash crisis erupted on July 17 when the Naameh landfill south of Beirut was closed.
The closure resulted in the piling of garbage on the streets as dumpsters overflowed with their contents and politicians failed to find a new landfill.
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