Jordan agreed Wednesday to supply Lebanon with electricity through Syria and said that work is underway on a plan and a timetable on how to implement the deliveries.
Jordan's energy minister, Hala Zawati, made the announcement after a meeting in Amman with her counterparts from Lebanon and Syria.
The meeting comes after last month's agreement to supply Lebanon, where electricity shortages are critical, with Egyptian natural gas through Jordan and Syria.
Zawati said the three ministers agreed on supplying Lebanon with "some of its electricity needs" through the Syrian power network.
Electricity cuts in Lebanon have been a decades-long fixture; they now for about 22 hours a day.
Most of the Lebanese rely on private generators for power as state company supplies are limited.
Syrian Energy Minister Ghassan al-Zamel said his ministry is working on fixing the network badly damaged by his country's 10-year civil war.
Jordan's Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh visited Lebanon last week and said there are efforts to provide Lebanon with some electricity from Jordan.
Lebanon's energy minister Walid Fayad said work is underway on funding such an agreement.
Washington, which has imposed various sanctions on Syrian officials and entities, had endorsed such a deal to help Lebanon with its energy crisis.
AP
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