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Greece, Europeans must reach deeper deal before IMF program possible: IMF official


    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will not reach a deal on a new debt program with Greece until Athens reaches an agreement with European governments that would ensure it can pay its debts, an IMF official said on Thursday.

    "The IMF can only support a program that is comprehensive," the official said in a telephone briefing with journalists, adding that it "will take some time" before Greece and its European creditors can lay the necessary groundwork for a new program.

    (Reporting by Jason Lange and David Chance)