* The Advanced Eurogroup meeting of two thirty * The Greek ministers evoke concessions refuse all ” blackmail “ * Merkel faces a” crucial choice “according Varoufakis ATHENS, June 21 (Reuters) – Several ministers of the Greek government, which meets Sunday blew hot and cold on Saturday in two days of a special summit of leaders of countries in the euro area intended to break the impasse in negotiations on the Athens debt. Returning from a visit to Russia, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, elected in January on the promise to end austerity, gathered his team of negotiators and was scheduled to meet in the evening with the President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, according to an EU official. No information was available about the interview but the president of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem has advanced two thirty (10:30 GMT instead of 1300 GMT), without explanation, the meeting of finance ministers of the euro area which will precede the extraordinary summit in Brussels on Monday (1700 GMT). The Greek government has meanwhile meet Sunday at 11:00 am (0800 GMT). Short of money, Athens has to find an agreement with its creditors (Fund International Monetary Commission and European Central Bank) by 30 June, the date of expiry of the international aid plan in progress and a maturity of 1.6 billion debt to the IMF. A close Alexis Tsipras, Alekos Flabouraris, Minister of State for coordinating the project government, said that Greece could “complete” in the coming hours the proposals to its creditors. More …
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