ISTANBUL
Greek Economy Minister George Stathakis has said on Wednesday that only "two or three" issues were currently holding up a bailout agreement with creditors.
"The deadlock could be broken shortly," he said, in an interview with Greek network Mega TV.
Two of the issues were long-term debt relief, a major sticking point for the creditors, and calculating value-added tax. "We achieved the most balanced agreement taking into account the circumstances," said Stathakis.
The Eurogroup is to meet on Wednesday at 5 p.m. local time (1600GMT) to try to hammer out a final agreement.
Greece will run out of funds at the end of the month, and the bailout will also end at that time. Greece must by the end of the month pay about $2 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The IMF, however, is reportedly not satisfied with current proposals for economic reform made by the Greek government. The agency finds them too focused on tax increases, and not enough on reforming expenditure.
