Creditors should waive part of Greek debt: Juncker
- Published: 27/01/2012 at 09:32 AM
- Online news: World
Greece's creditor countries should "waive a portion of the Greek debt", Jean-Claude Juncker, head of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers, said Friday.
Luxemburger prime minister and chairman of the Eurogroup Jean Claude Juncker at a Eurogroup Council meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. Greece's creditor countries should "waive a portion of the Greek debt", said Friday.
As Greece resumed talks with banks and insurers on an elusive deal for a major debt writedown to escape looming default, Juncker told Austria's Standard newspaper that countries should ask themselves "whether public aid may be needed".
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- Writer: AFP News agency
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