The Ministry of Environment issued the following statement on Wednesday: "Some media outlets are spreading the NUMBEO website report on Lebanon's ranking fifth place among the most polluted countries in 2019, after Mongolia, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, while it came in 8th position in 2018."







"Lebanon, according to a report issued by the University of Yale in January 2018, ranked 67th in the world in terms of environmental performance, and this report is issued every two years based on international environmental studies. As for the environmental steps to be adopted, those are not the result of an issued report only, but part of the environmental reform vision of Minister Fadi Jreissati since he took over the environment portfolio," the ministery statement read.







"In this context, we appeal to citizens, environmental associations and environmental specialists to cooperate with the Ministry of Environment for a clean and peaceful environment," it concluded.





