Jordan Times
Friday, August 4, 2006
15,000 Lebanese in
Jordan following conflict — Bakhit
About 15,000 Lebanese citizens and 1,000 vehicles entered the country since the
outbreak of the crisis with Israel, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit told a group of
ex-servicemen at the Royal National Defence College on Thursday. Stressing
support for the country, the premier referred to a directive by His Majesty King
Abdullah to supply Lebanon with gasoline from Jordan’s strategic reserve in
addition to the air bridge launched between Amman and Beirut to channel
assistance. He said Jordan’s “reasonableness and moderate policies” have put the
country in a position to offer real help to Lebanon “away from slogans and
outbidding.”