He stressed “respect for the regulations and laws in force in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” calling on “the competent authorities to grant Lebanon a transitional grace period extending between one and a half and two years, during which they allow the entry of Lebanese trucks and refrigerators that meet the legal and technical requirements, even if they are more than twenty years old, allowing Lebanon to gradually renew its land fleet.”
He explained that “the number of trucks and refrigerators that are less than twenty years old is very limited, which has led to a severe shortage of means of transportation and an increase in the shipping cost of one refrigerator from about 6 thousand dollars to 10 thousand dollars, which has a direct impact on farmers and exporters, and threatens the movement of exporting Lebanese agricultural products to Gulf markets.”
He appealed to “the Lebanese authorities to move quickly and make contact with the competent authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to find an urgent solution to this crisis, ensuring the continuity of land transport and export movement between Lebanon, the Kingdom and the Arab Gulf states.”
