Endorsing state budget paramount: UNSCOL

Prime Minister Saad Hariri meets with U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis, March 18, 2019. (The Daily Star/Dalati & Nohra, HO)

Ratifying the 2019 budget quickly is essential to improving Lebanon’s ailing economy, U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Jan Kubis said Monday.

“One of the most important steps is to make sure that the budget of the country is adopted as soon as possible,” Kubis said following a meeting with Prime Minister Saad Hariri. He added that it should “include important issues [such] as gradual reduction of fiscal deficit.”