Lebanese Finance Minister Yassin Jaber left for Bangkok to head the Lebanese delegation at the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group. The delegation continued its meetings with officials of the two institutions to discuss supporting reforms and mobilizing financing for reconstruction and recovery. Jaber also met IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who expressed satisfaction with the seriousness she sensed from the Lebanese government.
Coverage varied between focusing on Minister Jaber's departure and negotiation meetings (MTV), focusing on continued meetings and support for reforms and reconstruction financing (annahar.com), and focusing on the Georgieva meeting and financing discussions with a headline reference to a billion dollars (Lebanon Debate).