Only ‘two or three small issues’ remain pending, says Euclid Tsakalotos after all-night talks in Athens with international lenders
Greece and its international lenders clinched a multibillion-euro bailout agreement on Tuesday after all-night talks, officials said, raising hopes that aid can be disbursed in time for a major debt repayment due in days.
After a 23-hour session which started on Monday afternoon, exhausted Greek officials emerged in a central Athens hotel to announce that both sides had agreed details of the deal, although a couple of minor issues remain.
“Finally, we have white smoke,” a finance ministry official said. “An agreement has been reached. Some minor details are being discussed right now.”
The Greek finance minister, Euclid Tsakalotos, confirmed that “two or three small issues” remain pending.
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