2 Oct 2011

Greek PM holds new talks on debt crisis

4:28 am on 2 October 2011

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has met European Union leaders in Warsaw and Paris in an attempt to convince them to approve a new round of bailout funding.

Mr Papandreou met French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris after talks with European Council chief Herman Van Rompuy and others in Warsaw, the BBC reports.

International inspectors are in Athens to decide whether Greece should receive the €8 billion tranche of bailout money.

Mr Sarkozy said following the meeting with Mr Papandreou that he and German Chancellor Angela Merkel would hold fresh talks on how to tackle the Greek crisis.

Mr Sarkozy said Mr Papandreou had assured him of the "total determination of the Greek government to scrupulously put in place all commitments that Greece has taken on."