Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, deplored on Tuesday the populist logic adopted by some in dealing with the garbage file, pointing out that this is not the way to solve this problem.
He said: "We are all concerned and all regions should cooperate and tolerate each other," adding that the government will work hard in the coming days.
Hariri said that the government will work with the concerned ministers to facilitate the travel of citizens from and to Rafic Hariri International Airport and will take all the necessary measures to achieve this goal.
Hariri’s words came as he inspected the progress of the expansion works in Rafic Hariri International Airport, which are expected to be completed in two weeks.
He made the tour shortly after arriving to Beirut coming from the United States.
The Ministers of Information Jamal Jarrah, Public Works and Transport Youssef Fenianos, Tourism Avedis Guidanian, Economy Mansour Bteish, and Interior Rayya al-Hassan, the Chairman of the public works parliamentary committee Nazih Najm, former MP Ghazi Youssef, the Director General of Civil Aviation Mohamad Chehabeddine, the Director General of the Internal Security Forces Major General Imad Osman, the Chairman of Middle East Airlines Mohamed Al Hout, the Head of the Airport Fadi Al Hassan, the Chairman of the High Relief Committee Major General Mohamed Kheir, the Airport Security Commander Brigadier Georges Doumit, the Head of General Security at the Airport Brigadier General Walid Aoun, the Commander of the Internal Security Forces at the airport Colonel Ali Taha, the Head of the Customs Authority at the Airport Samer Dia, the Vice President of the airport Yousef Tannous, Hariri’s advisor Fadi Fawaz, Marwan Kobrosli of Dar Al Handasah, in addition to administrative and security officials at the airport accompanied him.
Hariri, the Ministers and the airport officials inspected the ongoing work and the new procedures taken to facilitate movement in the airport.
After that, Hariri held a press conference at the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, where he said: "I wanted to inspect the expansion works to facilitate the entry and exit of travelers. We have been working on this for a while and I know that the travelers using Rafic Hariri Airport are suffering from this problem. I also wanted to inspect the progress made at the inspection points. We, as a government still have a lot to do, whether the ministry of public works, the ministry of interior and all the concerned ministries, so that the traveler can use the airport more easily. Unfortunately there was a delay that resulted in losses. We must spend money on the airport, which brings us a large income, especially in the field of maintenance. We must work to develop the airport in light of the expected increase in the number of passengers. I thank all the concerned ministers for the work they are doing, and I urge them to do more because the Lebanese citizen will hold us accountable and we have to respect his opinion and provide his needs. The government will work hard in the coming days, Things are back to normal and even better."
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