shows Prime Minister Hassan Diab meeting with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the Grand Serail in Beirut on February 19, 2020 .(AFP PHOTO / DALATI AND NOHRA)
BEIRUT: The Lebanese government is in a phase of getting technical advice from the IMF and assistance will come in the next phase, Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni said in a statement on Thursday, without spelling out where aid might come from.
"We are in a phase of technical advice. Assistance comes in the coming phase," Wazni said in a statement issued by the prime minister's office. "The government is preparing the plan and is asking for the Fund's help to give us its opinion and advice."
