VOL. XXXIX

No. 29

15-April-1996

LEBANON

Aid To Lebanon

The French Government is to provide Lebanon with FF500mn - consisting of about $90mn in loans and about $10mn in grants - to help repair public utilities, under a protocol signed on 5 April during the state visit of French President Jacques Chirac to Lebanon. The two countries are also discussing economic agreements on investment promotion and dual taxation between them.

The Islamic Development Bank is to extend a total of $55mn in...