Dr. Nasser Saidi was on CNN International’s Quest Means Business programme on 5th of Aug 2020. Following the blast in Lebanon’s capital city Beirut, Dr. Saidi said the “political message” to Lebanon has to come from the rest of the world, “and it is urgent. We don’t want another failed state on the Mediterranean coast…the rest of the world really cannot afford that.”
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Interview on CNN's Quest Means Business on the Beirut blast & accelerating financial collapse, 5 Aug 2020
6 August, 2020
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