Lebanon's new government must reassure international donors it is serious about reforms to tackle a financial crisis as it looks initially to secure up to $5 billion in soft loans for basic goods, its finance minister said on Thursday.
The government that took office on Tuesday faces an emergency in which banks have imposed controls, the Lebanese pound has weakened and
protesters have turned to violence which a senior U.N. official described as "politically manipulated".
"The entire international community has its eye on what this government will do," Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni said in televised comments.