Lights Out Diplomacy: Ministers Rely On Phones During Beirut Blackout

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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

14/07/2025

KUWAIT CITY, July 14: In a scene all too familiar in Lebanon, a power outage disrupted a meeting between Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Sheikh Fahd Al-Youssef, and Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Ahmad Hajjar, in Beirut.

According to An-Nahar, the electricity was cut off during the extended meeting, forcing officials to use mobile phone flashlights to continue their discussions until power was restored.