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Mediator in Argentina's debt battle says to issue 'significant statement'

NEW YORK

Feb 5 The U.S. court-appointed mediator in Argentina's decade-long battle with creditors over unpaid debt said he would issue a "significant statement" later on Friday.

Argentina and the creditors have been holding talks in New York this week to thrash out a settlement over the unpaid debt stemming from the South American country's 2002 default. (Reporting by Davide Scigliuzzo of Thomson Reuters IFR in New York; Writing bySarah Marsh in Buenos Aires; Editing by Dan Grebler)