BEIRUT — Lebanon has enough wheat to cover four months of consumption, whether in existing stocks or in shipments expected to reach the country this month, said outgoing economy minister Raoul Nehme.

Lebanon has 30,000 ton of wheat in stocks and 110,000 ton expected to reach the country in the next two weeks, he told reporters at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut.

The outgoing government, which resigned on Monday, will keep subsidies to basic commodities, he said.

A Tuesday report quoting the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the World Food Program would be sending 50,000 ton of wheat flour to Beirut.

The flour will be sent “to stabilize the national supply and ensure there is no food shortage in the country,” the report said. — Agencies