BEIRUT - Lebanon's central bank will continue to increase its foreign currency reserves to strengthen confidence in the Lebanese pound, central bank governor Riad Salameh said on Tuesday.
"Banque du Liban will continue to strengthen its assets in foreign currencies to strengthen confidence in the Lebanese pound," Salameh said in a conference in Beirut, adding that foreign currency reserves were above $43 billion.
(Reporting by Ellen Francis/Tom Perry Editing by Hugh Lawson) ((thomas.perry@thomsonreuters.com; Reuters Messaging: thomas.perry.reuters.com@reuters.net))
