“A teleconference is supposed to take place when you about to make a deal and not when you know that is going to be a disagreement” said a member of the economic team in an attempt to explain why the arranged teleconference was cancelled.

The Greek government does not back down to Troikas demands for new measures.

According to a source from the Ministry of Finance following the meeting at the Maximou Mansion,” the government decided to give more details to support the correctness of its own cost of fiscal measures “which the Troika disputes, in order to prove that they are sufficient and do not need more.” The details are expected to be sent in writing soon, perhaps tonight or tomorrow.

The same source added that “Basically, we insist on our own measures and our own proposals. We choice to put everything in writing through an email instead of having a teleconference since “A teleconference is supposed to take place when you about to make a deal and not when you know that is going to be a disagreement”.

Finally the source explained that the meeting at the Maximou Mansion took place in order to double check the figures more documented and detailed.