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By Andrea Shalal

UNBELIEVABLE: Georgieva says confident that imf will back up egypt tunisia | History Defined

FILE PHOTO - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva attends an International Monetary and Financial Committee news conference during the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said she would meet on Saturday with delegations from Egypt and Tunisia and was confident the global lender would be "backing them up."

Georgieva said the IMF had provided about $90 billion to 16 countries since the start of Russia's war against Ukraine, but still had $700 billion of lending capacity and was now seeing a larger number of countries seeking help.

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