Lebanon Signs Deal to Sell Iraqi Fuel in Move to Ease Crisis

Lebanon Signs Deal to Sell Iraqi Fuel in Move to Ease Crisis
Lebanon's Energy Minister Raymond Ghajjar, speaks to journalists upon his arrival from Iraq at Rafik Hariri international airport after he signed an agreement with the Iraqi government, in Beirut, Lebanon, on July 24, 2021. Hussein Malla/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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BEIRUT—Lebanon signed a deal Saturday to broker Iraqi fuel sales in hopes of alleviating a crippling financial and energy crisis in the small Mediterranean country, Lebanese and Iraqi media reported.

The deal allows Beirut to resell 1 million tons of heavy fuel oil from Iraq—fuel that Lebanon cannot use in its own power plants—to companies who would then provide useable fuel to Lebanon over the next year.