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Lebanon requests a helping hand from Egypt: <\/strong>Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati asked<\/a> for Egypt to support it with natural gas so it can \u201curgently\u201d generate electricity during his one-day visit to Egypt over the weekend. Egypt is expected to begin<\/a> exporting 60-65 mn cbf\/d of natural gas to Lebanon by early next year through a pipeline that connects Egypt to Lebanon via Jordan and Syria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lebanon requests a helping hand from Egypt: Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati asked for Egypt to support it with natural gas so it can \u201curgently\u201d generate electricity during his one-day visit to Egypt over the weekend. 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