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After talks with EU leaders including German Chancellor
Angela Merkel in the past week, Athens said it would present a
package of reforms to its euro zone partners by Monday in the
hope of unlocking aid and avoiding bankruptcy.
"I believe that at the beginning of next week we will have an
agreement on the package of reforms the Greek government is
proposing, and on the funding of the country," Economy Minister
George Stathakis told Antenna TV.
He did not specify when the list would be sent.
The reforms are a sensitive issue for Prime Minister Alexis
Tsipras's leftwing government, which came to power in January
pledging to end austerity.
It is not clear whether they will include measures agreed by the
previous conservative-led government, such as privatizations and
pension reforms.
Euro zone authorities have said Athens, which has been kept
afloat by EU/IMF bailouts worth 240 billion euros since 2010,
will not get any further aid until the reforms are approved by
the bloc's finance ministers.
A source familiar with Greece's financial position told Reuters
on Tuesday Athens would run out of money on April 20 without new
cash.
In a setback to the government on Wednesday, Greece failed to
secure a quick cash payment from the euro zone after officials
said Athens was not entitled to 1.2 billion euros from the
European Financial Stability Facility.
(Reporting by Karolina Tagaris and Lefteris Papadimas; editing
by John Stonestreet)
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