Seklaoui: tobacco smuggling rates increased in Lebanon from 6.1% to 30.1% during 2017
Khalil during the inauguration of the national conference of combating illicit trade: Cedar without reforms to increase the debt burden
Khalil: Troubled financial situation to require control over smuggling and corruption so that the economy and public finances can stand
Khalil: The 2018 budget is balanced and its reform measures are necessary but not sufficient
Khalil: Budget adoption to restore the regularity of public finances; a positive message for home and abroad
Seklaoui: The Regie’s sales fell from $ 1 billion in 2012 to $ 564 million in 2017
Seklaoui: 300 billion LBP in loss annually due to smuggling and illicit trade
On Wednesday, during the opening ceremony of the first national conference of combating illicit trade, which was organized by the Regie at the Seaside Front Complex in Beirut, the Minister of Finance, Ali Hassan Khalil stressed that “the critical financial situation requires the control of ile head of the Public Relations Department, Nahla Slim, who was among the honorees, considered that “whoever works in the Regie is lucky, because there are those who appreciate his giving, efforts and excellence, and those who respect his history, think about his present, and do not forget his future”.
She added: “Who has spent his life in the Regie knows that his devotion will be rewarded with loyalty”.
Medals were distributed to the retiring laborers, by Seklaoui and Yatim, the head of the Ex-laborers League, Michel Khoury, the head of the Collaboration Fund, Wael Dergham, and the head of the Sports Commettee, Rafik Sbeiti.