Lebanese Minister of Agriculture Abbas Hajj Hassan
Beirut: denied Lebanese Minister of Agriculture, Abbas Hajj HassanHeading to lift subsidies on flour, and it is expected that the Banque du Liban will open credits for wheat today, Tuesday.
Today, the National News Agency quoted Hajj Hassan as saying, in radio statements, that “it is assumed, following the efforts that have been made, that the Banque du Liban will open credits for wheat today, so that ships loaded with the material enter in batches to the port of Beirut, which will gradually restore things to normal.” “.
He denied that the Central Bank had opened credits under a circumstantial debt contract with the government, stressing that “no one wants to lift subsidies on flour, at least in the foreseeable future.”
Haj Hassan revealed a cabinet session that will be held in the coming hours with a large and intense agenda, pointing out that “everyone today feels the difficulty of what matters have reached, and therefore I think we are heading to a different stage in terms of the quality of dealing with matters.”
(dpa)
