Lebanon considers Aqaba Port in Jordan as alternative export route

Lebanese cabinet will study options to open an alternative maritime export route to Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, Lebanese sources said.

Minister of Agriculture, Akram Chehayeb, told Petra's reporter in Beirut before the cabinet meeting, that the government will discuss opening an alternative maritime export route via Jordan's Red Sea Port of Aqaba due to the closure of the Nasib crossing with Syria.

The Lebanese government has approved $1 million to bring back Lebanese truck drivers stranded in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq after of the closure of the land crossings, the minster added.