Negotiations between Greece and creditors begin in the coming days – La Prensa (Nicaragua)

A group of people queuing for their transactions in the Fund Deposit. Loans and Athens, Greece. PRESS / EFE / Orestis Panagiotou

The negotiations between Greece and international creditors will begin in the coming days, although still being discussed and the place program of meetings, reported on July 24 Efe government sources.

At first planned, though not officially confirmed, that the technical teams from the European Commission (EC), the European Central Bank ( ECB), the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today began their meetings in Athens with the aim of closing a third rescue before August 20.

Yet , as stated by the Greek media, there have been a number of problems, including the fact that the IMF will not receive a separate invitation, as required by its regulations, which could have been completed today.

Speaking to EFE, government sources Greek they would not exclude that the first meeting could be held as this Saturday or next Monday.

According to these sources, the technicians will meet with government officials to In order to assess the state of the Greek economy and confirm the implementation of the necessary reforms, but will not have access to ministries, as usual during the previous government.

One of the reasons for friction with the new Greek executive Alexis Tsipras was due precisely to the fact that the Government did not provide free access to all ministries.

According to local media suggest, among the problems that have arisen now that the IMF demands that the reforms agreed at the third rescue, totaling 86,000 million euros over three years, to be applied before the disbursement of money, something that Athens apparently resists.

Before the arrival of the new quartet of institutions, Greek Prime Minister today held a telephone conversation with French President Francois Hollande, who, as noted by the Government of Athens, congratulated him for having applied the two reform packages agreed Brussels as prerequisites before the start of negotiations requirements.

Both leaders stressed the importance of the commitments contained in the text agreed at the eurozone summit to be applied to the letter.