Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants denied in an issued statement this evening “the news circulating on social media about inviting students benefiting from the Department of Tobacco Scholarship, to attend to the Ministry’s building to receive the value of their grant in cash,” stressing that said news is “groundless”.

“The Ministry affirms that around 542 students have started receiving the scholarship after the Lebanese embassies began distributing it to deserving students,” the statement clarified.

“The Ministry continues to work on finding a quick solution, in coordination with the Banque du Liban, to facilitate the delivery of the amounts owed to students in Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Cuba and Syria due to the difficulty of money transfers to these five countries,” the statement assured.

Source: National News Agency