Hariri Wants Policy Statement that Guarantees Better Life for Lebanese
Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Thursday that the new national unity government”s policy statement should guarantee a better life for the Lebanese.
"We want the policy statement to become a real preamble for achievements that the Lebanese are awaiting for … to improve their living conditions and provide them with better living standards," Hariri told the Annual Arab Banking Conference held at the Phoenicia hotel in Beirut.
"We want a unity cabinet not only in the political sense but economic" sense as well, Hariri said.
"Our responsibility lies in providing the appropriate political and legislative stability … that encourages Arab banks to make investments" in Lebanon, the PM added.
He reiterated that Lebanon escaped the repercussions of the world economic crisis unharmed and became a "refuge for incoming capitals" as a result of the Central Bank”s "wise policy."