EU Summit on Greece's Additional Financial Aid to Begin at 6:00 p.m. Sunday

© REUTERS / Yannis BehrakisA worker cleans graffiti outside the central Bank of Greece building in Athens, Greece, July 7, 2015
A worker cleans graffiti outside the central Bank of Greece building in Athens, Greece, July 7, 2015 - Sputnik International
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The leaders of the European Union's 28 member states will meet to discuss Greece at a summit on Sunday, a source close to the EU leaders said Sunday.

BRUSSELS (Sputnik) — In a July 5 referendum, over 61 percent of Greek voters rejected the unpopular austerity measures demanded by Athens' major international creditors in exchange for further financial assistance. On Thursday, Greece presented its economic proposals to secure a third bailout package from its international creditors.

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"At the moment, the beginning of the Euro Summit is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. local time (13:00 GMT), and the EU summit for 6:00 p.m. (15:00 GMT). I see no reason for it to change," the source told RIA Novosti.

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Earlier on Saturday, the Eurogroup's session on Greece's new loan request ended its work without any decision on Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' proposal.

Greece is struggling with a deep economic crisis and is unable to repay its estimated $270 billion debt to its international creditors, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Central Bank and eurozone nations.

A 19-member eurozone summit and a 28-member EU summit on Greece's debt issue will take place on Sunday in Brussels.

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