Aoun Tackles Financial Situation with Khalil, Kanaan

President Michel Aoun, discussed the financial situation on Thursday during a meeting with caretaker Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil, and Chairman of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, MP Ibrahim Kanaan, the National News Agency reported.

Khalil has affirmed that discussions have tackled the means to “reduce the deficit and establishing a new financial reform path.”

“We are currently looking toward easing the deficit and establishing a new financial reform path. Things stand at ease as the result of announcements made after the Economic Summit and the countries’ willingness to help Lebanon,” said Khalil in remarks he made to reporters after the meeting.

“We agreed on the proper way to ensure regularity of payment, especially in terms of wages and bonds, within the constitutional frameworks so that there will be no problems in the future,” he added.

For his part, Kanaan said: “We assure the Lebanese that legal ways are available that ensure the state’s stability. As soon as the government is formed, the first thing we will work on is approving the state budget.”