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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Beirut - Youssef Diab

Lebanese Banks Respond to Mikati's Request to End Strike

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati during a security meeting at the Grand Serail last week (Dalati and Nohra)

The Association of Banks in Lebanon is expected to halt an open-ended strike they began earlier this week after assurances made by caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati that no controversial litigation are to be taken against them by the FPM-affiliated judge Ghada Aoun.

On Wednesday, Mikati requested caretaker Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi to give directions to the security apparatuses to control any “violations" taken by Aoun in her quest to target some commercial banks.

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