Iraq to provide fuel aid, wheat supplies to Beirut after blast: Statement

An Iraqi delegation headed by the country's oil minister met Lebanese prime minister Hassan Diab on Wednesday and informed him that Baghdad will provide fuel aid to Beirut after the blast, according to a statement from the Lebanese government.

Iraq is also sending wheat supplies to Beirut that will arrive on Friday, Lebanese local media reported.

Some 15,000 tonnes of wheat had been stored at the silos of the Beirut port, which was the epicentre of the explosion.