Al-Rai newspaper reported that Lebanese products have come under close supervision by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Trade and Industry, which has begun monitoring the stocks of vegetables and fruits available in the local market.

While the Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed, in a statement, Kuwait’s full support for Saudi Arabia’s decision to ban the entry of vegetables and fruits from Lebanon due to their exploitation by some for drug smuggling, informed sources revealed to Al-Rai newspaper that “the continuous contacts and meetings since last Friday reached an agreement to allow Lebanese shipments. The woman who entered the borders of Saudi Arabia on her way to Kuwait before the entry ban took effect.

The sources pointed out that “verbal instructions were issued to continue to allow the import of vegetable and fruit shipments from Lebanon by sea and air at the present time, with tightening control, and calling on the Lebanese authorities to work to ensure that their exports are free of any prohibitions that subject their exports to the ban and prevention.”

Last Friday, Saudi Arabia announced that it had banned the entry of fruits and vegetables from Lebanon or transporting them through its territory, until the relevant Lebanese authorities provide guarantees to stop drug smuggling operations into Saudi Arabia.

On the other hand, the sources told the newspaper, that the Kuwaiti authorities had also placed Indian products under control, and it was most likely that this was due to the high infection with the Coronavirus in India./agencies