French Ambassador: Passing Banking Secrecy Law promising step toward reforms
NNA - French Ambassador to Lebanon, Hervé Magro, on Friday wrote on 'X' platform that the approval of the Banking Secrecy Law by Parliament represents 'a promising step on the path of economic and financial reforms.'
'Restoring confidence in the banking sector also requires, in the next stage, the adoption of the draft law on banking sector reform.'
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