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Sapin's comments contrasted with those of German Finance
Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Sunday, who said Greece must
carry out structural reforms instead of receiving debt relief.
"This afternoon we will talk about short-term measures to ease
the debt weight," Sapin said on arrival at the meeting of euro
zone finance ministers in Brussels.
"These are important measures, measures which will have a
positive effect on Greece. I think we will have an agreement on
these measures," he added.
Greece's official creditors - the European Stability Mechanism (ESM),
the ECB and the IMF - are assessing Athens' delivery on reforms
and fiscal targets set in its bailout program of up to 86
billion euros ($92 billion) agreed last summer, the third aid
package for Greece since 2010.
Sapin said the Greek government had made many reforms and Europe
had to consider easing its debt burden in return.
"As Greece sticks to its agreements, Europe must also stick to
the agreements it made with Greece," Sapin said.
(Reporting by Alastair Macdonald and Robert-Jan Bartunek; @macdonaldrtr;
editing by Philip Blenkinsop)
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