BEIRUT- Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said on Thursday that completing the 2019 draft budget was more important than getting into a "futile debate".

Lebanon's government once again missed a self-imposed deadline to agree the state draft budget, scheduling a final session for Friday. A dispute between ministers appears to have caused the delay.

(Reporting by Ellen Francis/Tom Perry Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky) ((Ellen.Francis@thomsonreuters.com;))