The International Monetary Fund delegation met Salam and Jaber and there are no results yet

The delegation of the International Monetary Fund continued its meetings and meetings with Lebanese officials, and yesterday he met with Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and then with the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Fawzir Al -Mal, Yassin Jaber.

Al -Diyar wrote: The meeting between the Minister of Finance Yassin Jaber did not reach the regional director of the International Monetary Fund, Ernesto Reago and the Fund’s team, to decisive results. The meeting was allocated to discuss the medium -term financial framework, and the agreed budget and objectives project was discussed, especially the fund, to achieve a preliminary surplus by 1.7% of the domestic product, which is considered a high number in the current circumstances that Lebanon is going through, and without imposing any tax increase in addition to stopping the implementation of customs fee on fuel by the State Shura Council. The Fund team stressed the importance of transparency in the inclusion of expenditures, and the adoption of a medium -term financial plan in the matter of debt, which is what the Ministry of Finance is working on. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam had held a working meeting with the regional director of the International Monetary Fund, Ernesto Reago, in charge of the Lebanese file in the fund, in the presence of the residing representative of the Fund, Frederico Lima. The delegation presented the reform issues and the issue of laws related to the financial and critical status, and the progress. Lebanon will participate in a delegation that includes a number of ministers, the ruler of the Bank of Lebanon, and a number of general managers and specialized experts, and it will be an opportunity to meet with the officials of the Monetary Fund and the major World Bank. With the International Monetary Fund, represented by the regional director of the Fund, Ernesto Ego, in the presence of the residing representative of the Fund, Frederico Lima, and the Fund’s work team.
The Fund team stressed the importance of transparency in the inclusion of expenditures, and the adoption of a medium -term financial plan in the matter of debt, which is what the Ministry of Finance is working on. On the issue of tax and customs reforms and social pressures, the steps taken and challenges were presented, and the Fund delegation from the Ministry’s work team briefed on the reform plan that the Ministry of Finance is working on implementing in the Customs Directorate and the directors of imports and value -added tax TVA and the Directorate of Real Estate Affairs, which will inevitably lead to raising revenues and achieving a budget surplus. A detailed team prepared by the Lebanese team in this regard, dealing with the achievements, as well as the needs to complete the remainder, in preparation for the final signature with the fund, which opens horizons to restore the confidence of the international community in Lebanon and the flow of investment to it and enhance the financial and economic stability and fortification. Jaber that the exit from the cache economy is only through the return of the banking sector to work, stressing that we are still on the gray list. Lebanon. ”