Macron tells Lebanese leaders to implement changes or face sanctions
French President Emmanuel Macron says political leaders have agreed to form a government of experts in the next two weeks
01 September 2020 - 22:13
Beirut — French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday Lebanese political leaders had agreed to form a government of experts in the next two weeks and that he expected the government to start delivering on a road map of reforms within six to eight weeks.
“There is no blank cheque,” Macron told a news conference in the Lebanese capital. If reforms, including an audit of the central bank, were not being passed within that deadline, international aid would be withheld, he said, including billions of dollars in funds pledged at a 2018 Paris donor conference...
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