CAIRO (Reuters) – Lebanon has received preliminary approval to increase the value of a World Bank reconstruction loan to $400 million from $250 million, Finance Minister Yassine Jaber said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Lebanese prime minister said in March that the World Bank had presented a $1 billion programme for the reconstruction of Lebanon, including $250 million as a loan.
(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba and Yomna Ehab)
