WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has begun negotiations with Tunisia on a loan program and hopes to return to Egypt for talks on a $4.8 billion funding deal, but only after the government updates its budget measures, a top IMF official said on Friday.
Masood Ahmed, IMF director for the Middle East and North Africa, told reporters he hoped to report progress in the talks with Tunisia by early February.
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