President Michel Aoun asks Russia to provide satellite images of Beirut port blast

President Michel Aoun asks Russia to provide satellite images of Beirut port blast
October 29, 2021, 8:39 am

Lebanon-Beirut Port blast

Sputnik reported that the Lebanese president’s press office said, President Michel Aoun has asked Moscow to provide satellite images of the Beirut port at the time of the major blast in August 2020.

The office said: "President Aoun asked the Russian ambassador to notify his country of Lebanon's desire to receive images from the space satellites of the port of Beirut at the time of the explosion."

Aoun made the request during a meeting with the Russian ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Rudakov.

A powerful explosion occurred in the port of Beirut on 4 August. At least 280 people died, and more than 6,000 were injured. Hundreds of houses and cars were destroyed or damaged.

According to the authorities, the explosion resulted from the detonation of 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate seized by customs in 2014 and stored in a warehouse. The Lebanese capital was declared a disaster area.

Source: sputnik

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