Lebanon reaches tentative deal with IMF on economic policies


              In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, right, and Lebanese President Michel Aoun, center, meets with the delegation of International Monetary Fund, left, at the presidential palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country. (Dalati Nohra via AP)
            
              In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, right, and Lebanese President Michel Aoun, center, meets with the delegation of International Monetary Fund, left, at the presidential palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country. (Dalati Nohra via AP)
            
              FILE - A man uses an ATM outside a closed bank in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, March 21, 2022. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday, April 7,  that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
            
              FILE - Drivers wait in a long line to get fuel at a gas station in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday, April 7, 2022,  that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country. (AP Photo/ Hassan Ammar, File)
            In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, right, meets with World Bank Regional Director Saroj Kumar Jha, at the government palace, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, April 7, 2022. Lebanon and the International Monetary Fund reached a tentative agreement on comprehensive policies Thursday that could eventually pave the way for unlocking billions of dollars in loans to the crisis-hit country.(Dalati Nohra via AP)