NNA - Caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ali Hamieh, announced in a statement today, that "participation in the workshop of the League of Arab States in Cairo on preparing a study for the development and interconnection of Arab ports and harbors falls within our vision: first for the status, role and specification enjoyed by the Lebanese ports, and secondly for the reality of regional and international political and geopolitical changes and their impact on maritime transport and its international routes."

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