MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In the letter, Tsipras proposed a two-year agreement with the ESM, the crisis resolution fund for eurozone countries, to cover the country's financial needs.
"The loan will be used exclusively to meet the debt service payments of Greece's external and internal debt obligations," the letter obtained by the Politico reads.
Dijsselbloem responded to Tsipras' request in a tweet, saying that an extraordinary Eurogroup teleconference will be held in Brussels at 7 p.m. local time (17:00 GMT) time to discuss the Greek request.
By midnight on Tuesday, Greece was due to transfer the next $1.7-billion repayment to the IMF, before the current aid package expires.
However, earlier in the day Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said that Greece would not make the IMF payment.
