The Association of Banks clarified that “the statement circulated on social media regarding closing the banking sector tomorrow is untrue.”
A statement issued by the Association of Banks was published saying, “In denunciation of the repeated attacks once morest the employees of the Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries, Jubb Janin branch, and Bank of Beirut, the New Road branch, on the 17th of this year, and threatening employees with death at the hands of groups and depositors, and in solidarity with the correct and strict stance taken by the administrations. The General Assembly of these mentioned banks, the Association of Banks announces the closure of all branches of banks operating in Lebanon tomorrow, Wednesday, January 19, in solidarity with the managements of the attacked banks and their employees, and in protest once morest this condemned and condemned attack.
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