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Turkey says it is ready to help rebuild port of Beirut

Reuters | Posted: Aug. 8, 2020, 9:16 a.m. | Updated: Aug. 8, 2020, 8:10 a.m. | 1 Min Read

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey is ready to help rebuild the port of Beirut, which was destroyed by a massive blast on Tuesday, Turkish Vice-President Fuat Oktay said during a visit to Lebanon on Saturday.

Turkey's port of Mersin, on the Mediterranean, is ready to assist the port of Beirut, he said, without elaborating.

(Reporting by Laila Bassam; writing by Maher Chmaytelli; Editing by Gareth Jones)

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