Qatar Electricity Project... Saddeh Reveals All Details to MTV

Lebanon's Minister of Energy and Water Joe Saddeh revealed details of the anticipated cooperation with Qatar in the electricity sector, explaining that it includes importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) over twenty years, producing electricity through plants running on natural gas, solar and wind power, in addition to drawing electricity through the electrical interconnection with Syria. In an interview with MTV, Saddeh pointed to a solar energy project that Qatar Energy intends to implement on land allocated to the army with a capacity of one hundred or one hundred and fifty megawatts, which was approved by the Council of Ministers. The cooperation will take place within a framework agreement between the Lebanese and Qatari states that will be referred to Parliament, with the ministry to ask the International Finance Corporation (IFC), which has been accompanying it for months, to help with the assessment. He confirmed that his abstention is limited to attending Cabinet sessions while he continues to carry out his duties, stressing that the reasons for the abstention remain and specifying four demands from the government.