PLAY PODCASTS
Raoul Nehme: Can Lebanon be saved from collapse?

Raoul Nehme: Can Lebanon be saved from collapse?

We speak to Lebanon's economy minister following the resignation of the entire government

The Interview · BBC World Service

August 12, 202022m 58s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (open.live.bbc.co.uk) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

After the unimaginable horror of the mega blast which devastated Beirut the people of Lebanon are now forced to live with a zombie government - dead in all but name, not yet replaced. Stephen Sackur speaks to Raoul Nehme, still Lebanon's Minister of Economy and Trade until a new government can be formed. The outgoing Prime Minister blamed the catastrophic situation on deep rooted corruption. Is Lebanon a country beyond rescue?