Salam inspects northern Bekaa region and border with Syria
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam on Thursday inspected the northern Bekaa region and the border with Syria.
Salam started his tour at a security post in Baalbek’s outskirts before moving to the Bou Fares border crossing with Syria, where he inspected the military and security measures taken to control and protect the border and prevent smuggling.
Salam also presided over a meeting for the Bekaa security council that discussed the security situations in the Baalbek-Hermel region.
During the meeting, the prime minister stressed the need for “taking the necessary security measures to control security and stability and guarantee the organization of the municipal and mayoral elections with full success and according to the standards of transparency and integrity.”
Salam also inspected the key al-Masnaa border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, noting that “official border crossings are the mirror of Lebanese sovereignty” and that “proper security and logistic operations at them represent domestic stability’s first line of defense.”
“Work is ongoing to install advanced scanners as soon as possible to facilitate the passage of goods, enhance transparency and activate the exportation of Lebanese products by land in a legal and organized manner,” the premier added.
“This border crossing must be turned from a point of weakness into a symbol of the state’s vitality and the credibility of its administration,” Salam went on to say.
Source: Naharnet
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