United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday laid a wreath at a memorial for the August 2020 Beirut Port blast on the second day of a visit aiming to rally international support for crisis-hit Lebanon.
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Guterres, who arrived in Lebanon on Sunday, called on Lebanese leaders to work together to address the economic meltdown that has left four in five Lebanese poor.
Guterres said in a video message ahead of his visit that he supports the demands of Lebanese for "truth and justice" over the blast, caused by the explosion of chemicals stored at the port for nearly seven years.
Many Lebanese blame the blast on the corruption and dysfunction normalized by the country's political elite, who have been in power since the end of the 1975-90 civil war.
