EUROZONE-GREECE/IMF IMF says ready to help Greece if asked to do so

Record ID: 148231

  • Title: EUROZONE-GREECE/IMF IMF says ready to help Greece if asked to do so
  • Date: 6th July 2015
  • Summary: INTERNET (JULY 6, 2015) (REUTERS VIA IMF) IMF STATEMENT ON GREECE FROM WEBSITE CLOSE UP OF STATEMENT READING "The IMF has taken note of yesterday's referendum held in Greece. We are monitoring the situation closely and stand ready to assist Greece if requested to do so."
  • Embargoed: 21st July 2015 13:00
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  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: The International Monetary Fund said on Monday (July 6) it was monitoring the situation in Greece and was ready to lend a hand if asked following a referendum that rejected the bailout conditions of international creditors.
    "The IMF has taken note of yesterday's referendum held in Greece," IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in a statement. "We are monitoring the situation closely and stand ready to assist Greece if requested to do so."
    Greece's outspoken finance minister Yanis Varoufakis resigned on Monday, removing one major obstacle to any deal to keep Athens in the eurozone after Greeks voted resoundingly to back the government in rejecting the austerity terms of a bailout.
    Greece's political leaders spent the day locked in talks at the president's office trying to produce an unprecedented national unity statement.
    To win any new deal, Greece will have to overcome the distrust of partners, above all Germany, Greece's biggest creditor and the EU's biggest economy, where public opinion has hardened in favor of cutting Greece loose from the euro.
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