(Bloomberg) -- Lebanon hired Lazard Ltd. and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as legal and financial advisers on its debt, said Information Minister Nada Abdel-Samad.

The government has until the end of this month to make a decision on debt repayment, the minister told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

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Beirut-based L’Orient Le Jour reported the news on Monday.

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