A crucial 48 hours of deliberations ahead of an extraordinary Euro summit on Monday begins with the return of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras from St. Petersburg. A three-hour briefing of Tsipras began at 2 p.m. on Saturday soon after his arrival to Greece. He met with Deputy Prime Minister Giannis Dragasakis followed by Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Economy Minister George Stathakis. Government sources merely “leaked” information stating that the meeting focused on a game plan for Greece at Eurogroup and the European Council.

Meeting with the press soon after his briefing, Tsipras said Athens was working towards an agreement with international creditors. “We will try to supplement our proposal so that we get closer to a solution,” was the comment attributed to Minister Alekos Flambouraris – reportedly one of Tsipras’ political mentors – in an interview with private MEGA TV. “We are not going (to the summit) with the old proposal. Some work is being done to see where we can converge so that we can achieve a mutually beneficial solution.”

New meetings have begun on Sunday with a government council convening.

Sources in Athens and Brussels point to telephone contact between Tsipras and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Sunday whereas they do not exclude the possibility of Tsipras departing for Brussels on Sunday if necessary.