Sources: Salam, Jordanian Officials Discussed Lebanese Export through Aqaba

Sources close to Prime Minister Tammam Salam have said that Jordanian authorities expressed readiness to facilitate the export of Lebanese products through the Port of Aqaba.

The sources told al-Mustaqbal daily published on Thursday that the pledge was made during Salam's one-day visit to Jordan a day earlier.

Trucks have been unable to transport agricultural and industrial produce to Gulf countries since April when rebels seized the Syrian side of the crossing with Jordan, prompting Amman to close it.

The Lebanese government approved last month a $21 million treasury loan to subsidize the maritime export of the produce.

The sources also said Jordan's interior minister informed the Lebanese delegation accompanying Salam that Jordanian authorities seized this week one million Captagon pills stashed in a truck coming from Lebanon.

Jordan has in the past made similar discoveries, the minister said.

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