Greferendum Results 'Give Tsipras Leverage' in Talks With EU

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Results of the Greek referendum on the creditors' proposals will give Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras additional leverage in future bailout talks, a senior Russian lawmaker said Monday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Alexei Pushkov, head of the foreign affairs committee of the lower house of Russia's parliament, told RIA Novosti that the international creditors’ harsh demands had been countered by the Greek population’s stance.

"Tsipras’ position became stronger because it is supported by nearly two-thirds of the Greek electorate over a specific issue," Pushkov said.

On Sunday, over 61 percent of the Greek electorate said "No" in a referendum on the latest bailout proposals from Greece's main international lenders, after the previous deal had expired last Tuesday.

The Russian lawmaker added that Tsipras intended to send the country’s lenders a signal that they were negotiating "not only with him, but with a majority of Greeks."

"Now he will enter negotiations not only citing the position of his government, but the position of the obvious majority of its people," Pusnkov concluded.

European Commission Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue Valdis Dombrovskis reiterated at a briefing earlier on Monday that "the place of Greece is and remains in euro." Other European officials, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman, said they saw no grounds for new debt talks with Athens.

An emergency Eurogroup summit on Greece is expected to take place on Tuesday.

In its recent analysis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), one of Athens' key lenders, declared Greece’s $350-billion debt unsustainable.

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