Lebanese President Michel Aoun informed the United Nations Special Coordinator to Lebanon, Jan Kubis, that the government was working at a rapid pace to implement the reform plan that would address debt and banking restructuring and other financial, administrative and social reforms.
Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni also said Thursday that Lebanon’s plan to address its financial and economic crisis would meet the recommendations of the International Monetary Fund and be ready within weeks.
During his meeting with Kubis on Thursday, Aoun stressed that the government was taking all appropriate measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak and limit its spread through several preventive measures.
He also noted that work has begun for the implementation of the electricity plan, in addition to the adoption of a series of steps to push economic development forward.
Kubis informed the Lebanese president of the ongoing preparations for the Security Council meeting that would discuss recent developments in the country mentioned in the report on the implementation of Resolution 1701.
Meanwhile, Wazni said on Friday that Lebanon’s economic and financial plan would meet the IMF recommendations.
He stressed that any decision to resort to the Fund must be approved by political consensus, adding that conditions should not cause sufferings.
