President Aoun calls for approving state budget at Cabinet session

A cabinet session was held on Thursday at the Babada Palace to tackle 66 items on the agenda.

At the start of the session, President Michel Aoun stressed the importance of accelerating the approval of the state budget.

As for the latest economic dialogue meeting held at Baabda Palace, he said that the “meeting has revealed some gaps in the pay scale and the new taxes law, and those are being adjusted.”

For his part, Prime Minister Saad Hariri commented on the Public-Private Partnership Law, dubbing it as an important step to take advantage of “liquidity in the banking sector and invest in projects that achieve more growth and employment opportunities.”