State Minister and government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos on Thursday ruled out the possibility of a fourth programme for Greece, when the current programme comes to an end in August 2018.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will not insist on an Asset Quality Review (AQR) while stress tests for Greek banks have not been brought forward, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said during an ANT1 television .
The markets have recognised that Greece has turned page, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said at the Economist conference on Thursday.
The target of achieving a primary surplus of 2 percent of GDP after 2022 offered to Greece by its European lenders at the last Eurogroup meeting must be lowered, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) spokesman Gerry rice said on Thursday, during a regular press briefing in Washington.
Eurogroup’s decision constitutes a strong expression of support for Greece, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde said in a statement to public television channel ERT, broadcast on Friday night.
The measures that will provide debt relief for Greece will be discussed in the coming weeks, IMF managing director Christine Lagarde said on Thursday, during press conference after the Eurogroup meeting in Luxembourg.
The Eurogroup welcomes that agreement has been reached between Greece and the institutions on a policy package of structural measures, which aims at shoring up growth and addressing the underlying structural imbalances in public finances and paves the way for a successful completion of the second review of the ESM programme.
Η επικεφαλής του ΔΝΤ Κριστίν Λαγκάρντ έκανε λόγω για μια σημαντική συμφωνία για την Ελλάδα και τους Έλληνες και ανακοίνωσε την πρόθεσή της να προτείνει στο Εκτελεστικό Συμβούλιο του ΔΝΤ την επί της αρχής έγκριση μιας νέας «προαιρετικής» συμφωνίας του ΔΝΤ με την Ελλάδα.
Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos asked for a clear-cut solution on the Greek debt on Wednesday, speaking at an Economist conference held in Frankfurt titled “A glimpse into Europe’s financial landscape-Greece: A comeback to the financial markets?”
The conditions for an agreement at the Eurogroup of June 15 exist, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Wednesday in statements to Real FM.