ALBAWABA - Following the announcement by Lebanon's energy provider the day before that its supplies were fully depleted, Algeria declared in a statement on Sunday that it would start providing fuel to Lebanon's power plants “immediately.”
Lebanon in total darkness due to power outage hits entire country, including airport and portÉlectricité du Liban (EDL), the energy utility in Lebanon, said yesterday that there is a statewide blackout as a consequence of the total shutdown of the final power generating unit on the national system due to fuel outage, as reported by Roya News.
“Under the current conditions, we inform you that as of this afternoon, Saturday, August 17, 2024, the last power generation unit at the Zahrani plant has completely ceased operations,” EDL announced.
The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that “President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ordered an immediate supply of fuel to Lebanon to operate power generation stations and restore electricity in the country.”
Algeria's prime minister affirmed his nation's support for Lebanon and said that, at President Abdelmajid Tebboune's request, Algeria would provide gasoline right away to bring back power. The sides also spoke about bilateral relations at their meeting, according to Nova News.
The Lebanese Energy Ministry sources have expressed gratitude for Algeria's generosity, pointing out that Algeria has continuously helped the institutions, people, and government of Lebanon, as reported by LBC. This show of assistance is similar to that of Iraq, which has also been providing gasoline to Lebanon in order to strengthen its energy industry.
Since the 1990s, Lebanon has been without continuous power, according to Reuters, and in order to compensate for ongoing losses, financial transfers to Electricité du Liban (EDL), have brought tens of billions of dollars to the nation's enormous public debt.
