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1st LD: Eurogroup meeting ends without deal over Greece debt issue

Xinhua, June 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

"No agreement is in sight over Greece debt deal," Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem told press after Euro zone finance ministers' meeting in Luxembourg Thursday.

Dijsselbloem said: "Time is running out for agreement as parliamentary procedures have to be considered."

The Eurogroup chief urged Greek government to seize the "last opportunity", adding that it is still possible to find an agreement before the end of the month.

But he reiterated the international creditors' stands on the bailout conditions that the proposals "has to be credible, sustainable and possible." Endit