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Eurogroup meeting highlights
During the Eurogroup meeting, the Eurozone Finmins pledged to support Greece and the Euro currency, while failed to reach on an agreement over the issue of collateral. Eurogroup President Juncker reiterated that the Eurozone members are committed to fully implement the July 21 decisions of Eurozone's debt issues, while the decision on the disbursement of the next tranche is being postponed for October. The Austrian Finmin said that is very confident that the next tranche of the loan to Greece will be paid by October 14. She also ruled out the option of insolvency for Greece, because it costs a lot. On collateral, the Austrian Finmin said that fundamentally there is agreement that it should be offered to everyone and also that it should cost something. On the same issue the Finnish Finmin said that the negotiations will go on for a solution that will be acceptable by everybody. EFSF head Regling indicated that the fund will get involved in Greece's program as soon as Eurozone members finalize their position on the issue. U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner urged the Eurozone Finmins to come up with a solution over Eurozone's debt issues and to stop the statements over the break up of the euro currency. Finally, Greek Finmin Venizelos reiterated that the government is on track to implement the program. In other news, an EU official reportedly said that it would not be a problem if the participation in the PSI is slightly below the target for 90%, while other sources claim that the participation is now at 75%.
During the Eurogroup meeting, the Eurozone Finmins pledged to support Greece and the Euro currency, while failed to reach on an agreement over the issue of collateral. Eurogroup President Juncker reiterated that the Eurozone members are committed to fully implement the July 21 decisions of Eurozone's debt issues, while the decision on the disbursement of the next tranche is being postponed for October. The Austrian Finmin said that is very confident that the next tranche of the loan to Greece will be paid by October 14. She also ruled out the option of insolvency for Greece, because it costs a lot. On collateral, the Austrian Finmin said that fundamentally there is agreement that it should be offered to everyone and also that it should cost something. On the same issue the Finnish Finmin said that the negotiations will go on for a solution that will be acceptable by everybody. EFSF head Regling indicated that the fund will get involved in Greece's program as soon as Eurozone members finalize their position on the issue. U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner urged the Eurozone Finmins to come up with a solution over Eurozone's debt issues and to stop the statements over the break up of the euro currency. Finally, Greek Finmin Venizelos reiterated that the government is on track to implement the program. In other news, an EU official reportedly said that it would not be a problem if the participation in the PSI is slightly below the target for 90%, while other sources claim that the participation is now at 75%.