French ambassador: Lebanon must get on with IMF talks - report
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - France's ambassador urged Lebanon to make rapid progress in talks with the IMF, local media said on Monday, as the country seeks help to escape a dire financial crisis. Lebanon's government hopes it can get a $10 billion (£8.23 billion) aid deal from the remote negotiations with the International Monetary Fund, which began last week and resumed on Monday afternoon. Beirut officially asked for IMF assistance this month in what Prime Minister Hassan Diab called a "historic..