BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — Officials from Greece's eurozone member state creditors may commence the review of the country's reforms as early as Tuesday, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said Monday.
"The mission chiefs will return to Athens, I am not sure when exactly, perhaps already tomorrow, but there is enough common ground, enough preparation has been done for the mission to continue, hopefully to work towards a successful completion," Dijsselbloem told reporters while presenting the results of Monday's Eurogroup meeting.
On March 1, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stated that eurozone creditors are set to return for assessment before March 10, following the informal Eurogroup meeting of eurozone's financial ministers.
The possible rapid start of the review was also confirmed by the European economic commissioner, Pierre Moscovici.
"Eurogroup: pleased that agreement reached for mission chiefs to return to Athens as early as tomorrow to take forward programme review," Moscovici wrote on his official Twitter account.
The Tsipras government has been carrying out economic reforms since August, when European finance ministers and the IMF approved an 86-billion-euro ($93 billion) bailout package aimed at rebuilding Greece's economy. Under the deal, the international lenders secured the Greek government's agreement to reform labor markets, privatize state assets and recapitalize banks. The creditors' mission chiefs previously held talks in Athens between February 1-5. Talks were then suspended.
