NNA – Caretaker Minister of Finance, Dr. Youssef El-Khalil, on Monday disclosed the intention of the World Bank to "provide Lebanon with a loan of approximately $200 million to support the developmental sectors, especially the agricultural sector, represented by the Green Agri-food transformation for economic recovery project."

Caretaker Minister El-Khalil received in his office at the Ministry, the World Bank's Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, Ferid Belhaj, with an accompanying delegation, in the presence of the Ministry’s Director General George Maarawi Georges Maarawi, and the Prime Minister’s Advisor Samir Daher.

Discussions touched on the projects funded by the World Bank, especially the aid loans for the underprivileged families program and wheat support.

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