IMF Official Calls On International Community To Bring End To Lebanon Conflict

IMF Middle East and Central Asia department director Jihad Azour told AFP that the international community should 'put its utmost effort' into ending the fighting in Lebanon (Credit: AFP)

The international community should work to end the conflict in the Middle East and address the "huge" humanitarian crisis that has engulfed countries in the region, the head of the IMF's Middle East and Central Asia department said Thursday.

Jihad Azour spoke to AFP in Washington, where the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are currently taking place.