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The meeting was devoted to presenting the security situation in the country and the measures to be taken to combat smuggling operations through illegal border crossings, in addition to issues related to public mobilization.
Logistical limits and restrictions
The ministers and leaders of the security services concerned presented their information on the smuggling of subsidized materials into Syria. The need to control these smuggling operations was emphasized, especially that they cannot be continued in negotiations with the International Monetary Fund. The President of the Republic presented the file on border crossings and border control, and asked not to be complacent and take action against violators. He stressed the importance of determining the quantities of materials consumed locally. Prime Minister Hassan Diab presented logistical obstacles to controlling illegal borders and crossings, and financial and economic repercussions, especially on treasury revenue. He also referred to logistical obstacles that prevent controlling land borders.
The Army Commander presented the field reality of land borders, especially the status of illegal crossings. The ministers and leaders of the military, security and customs agencies deliberated on issues and difficulties that impeded border control. It was decided “to intensify monitoring and prosecution, and to increase and enforce sanctions against violators.”
Coordination between devices
Tracking sources point out that the Lebanese army needs to increase its number in the land border regiments, in order to deploy more forces in order to control the borders. It was also decided to intensify monitoring, prosecution and enforcement of violators by closing illegal crossings and creating checkpoints, some secret private security decisions, controlling the operation of oil tanks, trucks wheat and flour, and the drafting of control records in case of contraband. The development of security points at various locations along the border.
Interior Minister Mohamed Fahmy indicated that the materials produced are more than those consumed. Consequently, there are three possibilities that they will be stored for later use, thrown into the sea or flee abroad, while the Minister of Defense, Zina Aker, considered that coordination between the military and security services is always present, and this will be strengthened through the joint operating room. As for the Minister of Energy and Water, Raymond Ghajar, said: “We made a comparison between the demand for diesel in April last year and April 2020, and it turned out that the demand increased by one million liters.”
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