Report: 'No Meetings on CEDRE,' Diab Told
Prime Minister Hassan Diab was reportedly informed not to call for a coordination meeting for CEDRE unless the government launches reforms it vowed to implement, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.
According to the daily, Diab who held a coordination meeting for CEDRE at the Grand Serail in May, was “officially” informed that there was “no point” in holding such “futile” meetings as long as the government “did not complete any reform plan.”
Officials should preferably be invited only when new developments necessitate the meeting, it reported.
In May, Diab called for a coordination meeting for CEDRE where he affirmed commitment for reforms.
A number of ambassadors, ministers and public sector officials attended the meeting in addition to the French envoy assigned to follow up on CEDRE decisions, diplomat Pierre Dukan, who participated via video call.
In 2018, aid pledges worth more than $11 billion were made at the Paris CEDRE conference.
But Lebanon was required to implement key economic and financial reforms to unlock the aid aimed to stimulate its weak economy. Something the government has not put on track yet.
11 June 2020, 12:28
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PM Hassan Diab, you are like the Cotex; sitting in the best places at the worst times LOL
12 June 2020, 15:13
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This was the song of Bahij Tabarra after the fall of our Senile General back in the days... I just switched Hraoui by Diab! no political puns I can assure you!
You do remember, all we had were glimpses of resistance and hopes of freedom... puff! the risks we took to spray "Aoun is coming back" and for what?
11 June 2020, 12:52
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All talk, no actions, like the governments before him. I do like the way they weren't going to even talk until stuff is done, instead of wasting time with him and others.
11 June 2020, 12:52
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All talk, no actions, like the governments before him. I do like the way they weren't going to even talk until stuff is done, instead of wasting time with him and others.
11 June 2020, 17:19
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Reminder of the CEDRE opening Statement:
" It reaffirmed the principle according to which only the Lebanese State may possess weapons, in compliance with Security Council Resolution 1701, which is still relevant today..."
We will NEVER... SEE... A CENT! ... unless Ebola disarms..
11 June 2020, 17:27
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In other words they are not getting the money. Thank God for that.
No donor country, IMF, World Bank, CEDRE or any other entity should provide a single penny. Let the country collapse as that is the only way reform will happen.
