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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-07-20Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Eurozone summit 'decisive' for Greece, EUThursday's eurozone summit in Brussels will be "decisive" for the future of Greece and the EU, the Greek government said on Wednesday, as prime minister George Papandreou prepared to depart later in the day for the Belgian capital.In a written statement, government spokesman Elias Mossialos said the summit will be decisive for Greece's and Europe's future, adding that the Greek prime minister "is waging the battle to guarantee that Greece will remain standing, with hope and a prospect for its citizens". The premier is "waging the battle for the debt to be viable and for the burdens on the citizens to be reduced, for protection of deposits and boosting of liquidity on the market", Mossialos said. "These, for us, are the red lines that serve the national interest," the government spokesman added. Papandreou, addressing a broad government meeting on Tuesday, stressed that selective default is not an option for the Greek government. The Greek premier is expected to hold separate talks with European leaders ahead of the summit. © ANA-MPA SA. Intellectual rights and copyright belong to the ANA-MPA S.A. Reproduction of ANA-MPA content by visitors of this website is strictly forbidden. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form [02] FinMin in Washington on MondayGreek government vice president and finance minister Evangelos Venizelos will visit Washington early next week, where he will have a series of meetings with US and International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials.Venizelos, who arrives in the US capital on Sunday, will meet over the following two days with American government and Congress officials, and with the senior officials of the IMF. On Monday, Venizelos has a scheduled meeting with the new IMF managing director Christine Lagarde. He will also meet with US government officials in follow-ups to recent talks in Athens US vice-president Hillary Clinton and US Treasury Department deputy assistant secretary for Europe and Eurasia Christopher Smart. © ANA-MPA SA. Intellectual rights and copyright belong to the ANA-MPA S.A. Reproduction of ANA-MPA content by visitors of this website is strictly forbidden. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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