BEIRUT: An action plan for the refugee crisis is expected dominated the agenda of Lebanon's Cabinet meeting currently underway at the Grand Serail in downtown Beirut.
The 48-item agenda also includes a proposal presented by Telecommunications Minister Boutros Harb, which sets criteria for seeking tenders.
Harb also presented a proposal to extend by five months an extension of the contracts of Zain and Orascom Telecom, the two companies currently managing Lebanon’s mobile network.
Talking to reporters before entering the meeting, Foreign Minsiter Gebran Bassil said that there was no controversy in the proposed plan to deal with the Syrian refugee crisis.
“There is no problem with the file, and only failing to pass [the plan] would be a problem,” he said.
Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas expressed his optimism before the session, saying he expects a consensus to be reached on the refugee issue.
At least 1,137,000 Syrian refugees have entered Lebanon since the beginning of the Syrian war in 2011, according to UN Refugee Agency’s figures. Other sources say the numbers is much higher, due to the great part of refugees whose entrance was undocumented.
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