BRUSSELS: Greece “fully accepted” on Thursday (Friday in Manila) that the hardline International Monetary Fund (IMF) take a role in its massive third bailout, backing away from one of the last battle lines splitting Athens and its eurozone creditors.

Eurogroup chief Jeroen Dijsselbloem announced the decision at talks with the 19 eurozone ministers in Brussels and hailed the Greek government for all its “hard work” since agreeing a strict 86-billion-euro ($92 billion) bailout program in July.

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