Lebanon welcomes the opening of the Dabusia-Avoda border crossing and emphasizes its economic and commercial importance.
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The Lebanese Minister of Public Works and Transportation, Faiz Rasmani, welcomed the opening of the crossing, emphasized its role in improving economic and commercial traffic between the two countries, and expected that 8 to 10 thousand people and 150 to 200 trucks would pass daily.
The vice-president of the Land Transport Association for transit transport, Muhammad Kamal Al-Khir, welcomed the re-opening of the crossing, and called for preserving the legitimate crossings and expanding the land transport agreements between Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and the Gulf states.
Lebanese MP Ihab Mater appreciated Syria's efforts to restore the crossing, and emphasized the importance of its opening in reviving economic and commercial traffic in Tripoli and northern Lebanon and increasing cooperation between the two countries.