Merkel: Greece Needs Reforms, Solidarity to Receive Aid

© AP PhotoGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and the Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras (left)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) and the Prime Minister of Greece Alexis Tsipras (left) - Sputnik International
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Earlier in the day, Greek Deputy Defense Minister Costas Isychos told Sputnik that Athens would make a proposal on Tuesday to reach a successful bailout deal between the debt-ridden country and its international lenders.

BERLIN, July 7 (Sputnik) — Athens will not receive any more help without showing solidarity and will to conduct reforms, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday.

"Without solidarity there is no possibility for help. Without solidarity and reforms it is impossible to go where we are going now," Merkel told reporters.

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Two rounds of emergency talks are set to be held in Brussels on Tuesday, with the Eurozone leaders' summit on Greece's $350-billion debt to be preceded by the Eurogroup's meeting.

On Sunday, Greeks voted against the proposals of Greece's main creditors on the bailout program in exchange for austerity measures. The Greek government has announced its readiness to continue the negotiations, but the talks' outcome remains unclear.

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