Lebanon Says ‘Final’ Gas Deal with Egypt to Be Signed June 21

Residential buildings are pictured at night during a power cut in Beirut, Lebanon April 27, 2022. (Reuters)

Lebanon will sign a "final" agreement to import gas from Egypt on June 21, its energy ministry told Reuters, after months of delays to a plan viewed as critical to boosting power supplies for Lebanon's stricken economy.

The plan, first floated in summer 2021, is part of a US-backed effort to address Lebanon's crippling electricity shortages using Egyptian gas supplied via Jordan and Syria.