Mikati: Government Working to Halt Collapse, Solve Power, Fuel Crises

The government is working to halt the economic collapse, ensure electricity supplies and resolve the medicine and fuel crisis, Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Monday after holding a series of meetings with a number of ministers and a private sector delegation.

Mikati’s discussions centered on ways to halt the economic collapse and the issuance of the cash subsidy cards to poor and needy families to help them after fuel subsides are entirely lifted at the end of this month, the state-run National News Agency reported.

Mikati underlined the need for cooperation among the Lebanese to put the country, reeling from an unprecedented economic meltdown, on the path to recovery.

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