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.
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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.