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It appeared to go very substantially toward the
position taken by euro zone finance ministers in earlier
negotiations.
The formal request by Athens will be discussed by junior
ministers and central bank officials in a teleconference later
on Thursday and by euro zone finance ministers in Brussels on
Friday.
"The Greek authorities honor Greece's financial obligations to
all its creditors as well as state our intention to cooperate
with our partners in order to avert technical impediments in the
context of the Master Facility Agreement which we recognize as
binding vis-à-vis its financial and procedural content," the
document said.
It said that the purpose of the six-month extension of the MFA -
the bailout program - was, among other things, to "ensure,
working closely with our European and international partners
that any new measures be fully funded while refraining from
unilateral action that would undermine the fiscal targets,
economic recovery and financial stability", it said.
That appeared to commit the new left-wing government to holding
off much new legislation and to "supervision" by the three
institutions overseeing the bailout - the European Union,
European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund. Known as
the "troika", that group has become widely hated in Greece.
The document, however, did not use the informal terms "troika"
or "bailout".
(Reporting By Jan Strupczewski; Editing by Alastair Macdonald)
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