Greek Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis on Friday, speaking to private ANT1 TV, said that all possibilities are open in the negotiation. “The outcome largely depends on the way our partners will face the Greek issue,” the minister said and added that “if they insist on a clear accounting approach, then apparently pessimism will prevail, but if the European leaders understand that Greece’s problem is part of the whole picture of the European problems in which unity is a prerequisite, there will be optimism over the outcome of the negotiation.”
Voutsis said that the European leaders and officials’ assurances that a possible Grexit would not raise problems to the economies of the other European countries and to the banks are not true and are part of the negotiations. “In case of a failure to reach an agreement in the negotiations, both Greece and Europe will be found in unexplored waters,” he noted.
He also said that if the installment to the IMF is not paid at the end of the month, this will not mean that the country has default but that the payment will be paid in arrears.
The Interior Minister left open the possibility of general elections or referendum if the agreement is not voted by the deputies of SYRIZA and Independent Greeks government.
(source: ana-mpa)
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