French Foreign Affair Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, meets with Lebanon's President Michel Aoun at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon July 23, 2020. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS
BEIRUT (Reuters) - France told Lebanon on Thursday it had no alternative to an IMF programme as it wrestles with an acute financial crisis and Beirut must enact reforms urgently if it is to win international support.
"Help us to help you is the message of my visit," Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said after meeting Lebanese leaders in Beirut, adding that Paris stood ready to mobilise support but there must be concrete action on reform.
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