BEIRUT- Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Tuesday the government has completed compiling the financial data required for cooperation with the International Monetary Fund.

Mikati added in a statement that he hopes to complete the programme for cooperation with IMF before the year ends.

(Reporting by Maha El Dahan and Laila Bassam; Writing by Nayera Abdallah; Editing by Alison Williams) ((Nayera.Abdallah@thomsonreuters.com;))