The Press Office of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers issued the following statement: “After a close follow-up by Caretaker Prime minister, Hassan Diab, for more than eight months, 59 containers of hazardous materials were deported today from Beirut Port and other places after the August 4 explosion disaster.”

The German company, Combi Lift, has been handling the safe packing of these containers over the past months, according to the contract signed with the company to remove these dangerous materials out of Lebanon.