NNA - Agreeing on a new government, prods friends of Lebanon to assist in overcoming ramifications of the Syrian crisis, caretaker Trade and Economy minister Nicolas Nahhas stated at the wrap-up of the World Bank meeting in Washington/USA today.
Actual Lebanese priorities lie in the economic ability at coping with Syrian crisis fallout; they were presented to participants at the World Bank meeting, the minister confirmed.
Positive responses emanating from a sympathetic stand towards Lebanese demands rested on 4 channels 2 of which principally deal with donations which Group 5 representatives intend to take up shortly with President Michel Sleiman, the minister disclosed. A consensus between the Lebanese over a new effective government would undoubtedly bear positively on the donors' commitment, Nahhas concluded.
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