Greece, creditors extend talks ahead of Eurogroup meeting

Brussels

GREEK officials and the country's creditors extended discussions through the weekend, ahead of the meeting of euro-area finance ministers in Brussels on Monday.

Greece's government isn't willing to discuss the continuation of its current bailout programme, government spokesman Gabriel Sakellaridis said in an interview with Skai TV on Sunday morning, as it's "determined to abide with its commitment to Greek people and its fresh mandate" for ending austerity.

Meetings dragged on in Athens, where the government held preparative discussions, and Brussels, where officials from Greece's Finance and Foreign Ministries held "technical" talks with the European Union (EU), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Central Bank (ECB), with the goal of laying the groun…