A scanner to monitor the Lebanon-Syria border crossing was being installed, Lebanon's Naharnet news website reported Thursday.
According to the report, Lebanese as well as German custom officers supervised the field work as the device was being set up on Wednesday at the Masnaa crossing on the Beirut-Damascus highway.
Germany has been helping the Lebanese government to secure
borders and enhance its sovereignty by providing equipment and training to immigration officials.
Scanners are also expected to be installed at all borders across Lebanon that would replace the manual inspections.
In a report released last month, UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon urged Syria and Iran to do more to prevent arms smuggling into Lebanon, citing Lebanese and Israeli governments' allegations of violations of the arms embargo.
UN Security Council's Resolution 1701, which ended last summer's war between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah, banned weapon transfers to any militant groups in Lebanon.
Source: Xinhua
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