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Lebanese Maronite Patriarch urges IMF deal, elections on time

FILE PHOTO: Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai is pictured in Bkerke, Lebanon October 30, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

Lebanon's senior Christian cleric called on Wednesday for the government to agree a plan with the International Monetary Fund to save the country from financial collapse and said elections should be held on time later this year.

The Lebanese government began a new round of talks with the IMF last month in the hope of securing an agreement - something Beirut has failed to achieve since the crisis erupted in 2019 and pushed a majority of the population into poverty.

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