BEIRUT, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The United States delivered Tuesday advanced security equipment to Lebanon to help improve its efforts to combat threats at Beirut's international airport, the National News Agency (NNA) reported.
According to the report, Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard attended the delivery ceremony at Rafik Hariri International Airport.
"The security devices aim at better inspecting passengers and luggage," Machnouk said in a message on his Twitter account.
The equipment included a mobile vehicle designed to inspect bags and people for a variety of illegal items.
Last month, Beirut's airport began implementing a controversial electronics ban on direct flights to Britain, which applies to several countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including Lebanon.
