us before now i'd like to welcome heiko him he's a longtime project director for the ngo international crisis group n b were to joins us from grass in austria where he happens to be at the moment sir. obviously lebanon experiencing strong or an area loss i mean any country in the world would have a difficult time dealing with a disaster of these proportions what will it take for lebanon to get back on its feet. well i mean right now it clearly needs immediate humanitarian support your correspondent spoke about the average. he also spoke about. the problem of the port that really brings in all kinds of goods 85 percent of the ban on consumes imported this poison of commissions or there needs to be something in the way of an average medical supplies immediately or as i heard that there was a big care medical storage warehouse in the in the port is also being destroyed there has been the biggest biggest grain storage of the route was right next to the explosion site still standing but after destroy it so clearly food have we brought in and there and medical equipment material to repair the houses 3000

i'm joined by a project director based in beirut for the ngo international crisis group.e joins me tonight from austria. it's good to have you on the program. you just heard our correspondent talking about the situation in beirut tonight. based on what you know as well, how well-equipped is lebebanon o deal with this disasterer? >>>> i fear it'ss barely eququid at all for this point in time. the infrastructure is already very, very badly hit by months and months of currency depreciation. acquiring medical supplies is already very difficult. hospitals are full of covid patients. already on a purely medical level to just treat these people , they are really straining. then comes the food. it wasas a huge grain siloo destroyed. apparently now they have weeks of bread. the port is destroyed so they cannot import. on a very basic level, i do not think they can cope. brent: you heard our correspondent say also that the government in lebanon is not welcoming to the idea of foreignersrs coming in to do a n inindependndent invnvestigatitie explplosion. what does s that tell you ab