In the next Eurogroup, Greece will put forth the question on opening the debate on Greek debt relief, as announced today by Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras  during the Hellenic-Chinese Business Conference organized by the Confucius Institute in Athens of the Athens University of Economics and the Institute of Finance and Industrial Research.

“Eurostat’s announcement paves the way for a debate on Greek debt relief, based on everything agreed upon with partners. In the next Eurogroup, of May 5th, the Greek government will table this issue in order to begin talks”, stated the Finance Minister, underlining that “Greece is eliminating the triangle of deficits-fiscal deficit, productive deficit, deficit of competitiveness- supporting the knowledge triangle of Education, Research and Innovation.

Addressing the delegates, Mr. Stournaras said: “The Economic Adjustment Programme is going well. It is bringing in positive results. The roadmap of the Greek economy will now be the sound financial management and healthy development initiatives towards a new extroverted and sustainable development model”.

The Minister of Finance stated that “the Greek economy has untapped significant comparative advantages, excellent features and thus provides business opportunities in the medium and long term”.