BERLIN, Shawwal 3, 1436, Jul 19, 2015, SPA -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has been front and center for weeks in the bailout negotiations for Greece, said Sunday that her government is willing to consider further measures to relieve Athens' debt health, UPI reported. Speaking to German television, Merkel said there are several options on the table to assist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government as it struggles to repay loans and eliminate debt. However, she stipulated that would only be possible once the details of Greek economic reforms are worked out. "Greece has already been given relief. We had a voluntary haircut among the private creditors and we then extended maturities once and reduced interest rates," she told Germany's ARD TV. "We can now talk about such possibilities again ... once the first successful review of the program to be negotiated has been completed, then exactly this question will be discussed. Not now, but then," she added. --SPA 01:24 LOCAL TIME 22:24 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w
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