Greece issue not debated in EU summit: Tusk

European Council President Donald Tusk told a press conference on Thursday the European Union (EU) leaders didn't enter into negotiations of the Greece debt issue in the day's informal summit meeting.

He said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem had ask the institutions (the Troika) to work on the technical assessment.

"This is to establish the common ground before the Eurogroup meet next Monday," he added.

A spokeswoman for Dijsselbloem told reporters on the same day Greek authorities will likely to meet the troikaon Friday in Brussels to seek common ground between the current program and the Greek government's program.

"Seen from where we were yesterday, this is quite a success," another EU official said.

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

After seven hours of talks on Greece's debt crisis on Wednesday, eurozone finance ministers were unable to reach a joint statement on the next steps. Endit