NBG's interbank credit lines over 5.5 bln eur -CEO

ATHENS, Nov 26 (Reuters) - National Bank, Greece's biggest lender, said on Friday it has established more than 5.5 billion euros ($7.35 billion) of credit lines with foreign lenders as it tries to regain access to the interbank market during Greece's debt crisis.

'We opened interbank lines exceeding 5.5 billion euros,' NBG's chief executive Apostolos Tamvakakis told shareholders.

Tamvakakis also said the bank's capital adequacy ratio will rise to between 14.5 and 15 percent after the planned sale of a 20 percent minority stake in its Turkish unit, Finansbank , early next year.

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