Spain relies on an agreement with Greece but asks efforts – El Universal (Venezuela)

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Tuesday June 16, 2015 8:44 a.m.

Madrid .- The Spanish Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said Tuesday that Greece hope to reach an agreement with its creditors calling Athens to make an effort after the failure of the recent negotiations.

“I hope, trust, and will be the position of the Spanish government, which will reach an agreement with Greece,” he said De Guindos told reporters in Santander, in northern Spain, cited AFP.

“I think we should all make an effort, I believe that the institutions have already made an effort, other countries, Eurozone, beyond Greece, I think we have done all and we are all willing to do so but so must of course make the Greek government itself, “he said.

One of the leaders of the Greek opposition said Tuesday that Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras still thought he could do” two or three gestures “to creditors, after meeting with the prime minister.

On Monday, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo said “there is a real risk of exit” euro Greece after the failure of the last attempt of agreement Athens and the European Union for its debt.

The heads of state and European government could call a special meeting this weekend in Brussels, with the aim of achieving an agreement between Greece and creditors, said different sources.

After the failure of the last round of negotiations, the positions of Greece and its creditors stood firm on Monday, despite the double financial urgency to facing Athens. pay its civil servants and pensioners and repay almost 1,600 million euros to the International Monetary Fund before June 30

This prompted fears return a possible bankruptcy of the Greek government.