Greek Culture Minister offers restoration help for monuments destroyed in Beirut explosion
File photo: Youth inspect damages on a building, one day after an explosion at the Beirut Port, in Beirut, Lebanon, 05 August 2020. According to Health Minister Hamad Hasan, at least 135 people were killed, and more than 4,000 injured in the blast caused by an estimated 2,750 of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse on 04 August 2020, devastating the port area. EPA/IBRAHIM DIRANI / DAR AL MUSSAWIR
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Greece has offered Lebanon help with restoration work in museums and monuments following the deadly explosion at the port of Beirut, the Culture & Sports Ministry said on Tuesday.
In a statement it said that Minister Lina Mendoni conveyed to her Lebanese counterpart through the Greek embassy in Beirut the condolences over the deaths and incalculable destruction of the city.
She also said the Ministry offered to put together a specialists task force with conservators, archaeologists and engineers to “help to quickly restore damage to your monuments and to the historical memory of your people” as an obligation and an act of solidarity to their difficult work ahead.
Source: ANA – MPA
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