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Greece, Eurogroup agree to negotiate further: Eurogroup head

Xinhua, February 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Thursday in a Twitter post that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and he had agreed to ask the Troika - the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF - to seek common ground to facilitate further discussion on Feb. 16.

"PM Tsipras and PEG (president of Eurogroup) Dijsselbloem agreed today to ask the institutions to engage with the Greek authorities to start work on a technical assessment of the common ground between the current program and the Greek government's plans in order to facilitate Eurogroup discussions on Feb. 16," Dijsselbloem wrote on Twitter.

Alexis Tsipras expressed confidence on arrival at the informal summit of EU leaders here Thursday, that Athens and eurozone governments would be able to find a mutually-viable solution for Greece's debt problems.

However, after seven hours of talks on the Greece debt crisis on Wednesday, eurozone finance ministers were unable to reach a joint agreement on the next steps. Endit