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Berri urges review of steps to protect collapsing currency

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24-06-2020 | 09:24

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Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri said on Wednesday the government, central bank and commercial banks should declare a "state of financial emergency" and review all steps to protect the collapsing Lebanese currency.

Berri also said Lebanon would not get a penny from the International Monetary Fund or any donor state unless it carried out reforms, at the forefront of them accelerating fixing the loss-making electricity sector.

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