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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

French Envoy Criticizes Lebanon over 'Slow' Reforms Needed for IMF Loan

A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra shows Lebanon's caretaker Energy Minister Walid Fayad (right) meeting with French Envoy in charge of coordinating the international aid to Lebanon Pierre Duquesne in the capital Beirut on February 3, 2023. (Photo by DALATI AND NOHRA / AFP)

The French diplomat charged with coordinating international support for Lebanon, so it can receive International Monetary Fund aid, on Friday criticized the slow pace of reforms in the crisis-hit country.

The IMF last April announced an agreement in principle with Beirut for $3 billion in aid spread over four years, but conditional on implementing crucial reforms, reported AFP.

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