Walid Fayyad

Lebanese caretaker energy minister says ‘politics’ behind delay of US-backed electricity plan

Walid Fayad told Reuters that the World Bank, which had pledged to finance the project, was "tying it to some kind of political diligence,"
The United States had demanded to "see the financing terms from the World Bank" to ensure that the electricity deal "is not sanctionable,"

By Reuters · 08 June 2022