Mr. Jean Riachi’s speech was titled, “Steps Moving Forward” where he considered that Lebanon is called upon to implement the fiscal and structural reforms, especially due to its debt, deficit, old infrastructure and refugee crisis.
He called on the Lebanese government to “focus on financial markets in order to improve liquidity, invest in infrastructure, improve governance and promote public-private-partnership,” while expressing optimism about “Lebanon’s future prospects, especially as the [new government’s] policy statement focuses on reform.”