EU Council chief Tusk talks with Merkel, Tsipras

[WorldNews]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Donald Tusk said on Friday he spoke to the leaders of Greece and Germany, seeking a resolution to disagreements over extending an international bailout loan to Athens. "Discussed poss(ible) common ground acceptable to all euro countries on Greece with Eurogroup President (Jeroen) Dijsselbloem, (Greek) Prime Minister (Alexis) Tsipras and (German) Chancellor (Angela) Merkel," Tusk tweeted. An EU official said Tusk, who chairs summits of EU leaders, had spoken to the three individually by telephone. ...

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