NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ international creditors said Friday that the country’s bailout program is making good progress as fiscal targets have been comfortably met, welfare reform has moved forward and more steps have been taken to shore up the banking sector.

But they urged authorities to tackle the high number of bad loans that are a drag on economic growth and job creation because they keep banks from lending.

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