EXCLUSIVE-Lebanese draft budget reduces deficit to below 9 pct of GDP-finance minister
The draft budget projects a primary surplus compared to a deficit in 2018, he added. "The most important thing is that we have put ourselves on the path of dealing with the accumulated deficit," Khalil said. The draft represented an "introduction to more deficit reductions in the 2020 and 2021 budgets," he said. (Reporting by Laila Bassam and Tom Perry; Editing by Toby Chopra)
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