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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Tunisia Hopes to Reach Deal with IMF By End of October

A Tunisian woman is shopping in a store, while the sign in French prohibits buying more than one bottle of milk per buyer (Reuters)

Tunisia hopes to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund by the end of October, the government's spokesperson said on Friday, after a wage deal agreed with unions was seen as a key step towards getting IMF support.

"The Tunisian negotiating team was in contact yesterday with (the) IMF regarding the last terms of the agreement with the Fund," Nasreddine Nsibi, the government spokesperson, said.

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