Tsipras promises Greece will keep its word amid German spat


  • World
  • Friday, 13 Mar 2015

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attends a news conference at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) headquarters in Paris March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

PARIS/ATHENS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras tried to reassure euro zone partners on Thursday that Greece would stick to an extended bailout agreement with its international creditors even as a war of words rumbled on between Athens and Berlin.

Tsipras used a visit to the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, an inter-governmental think-tank, to make his case for a long-term restructuring of Greece's debt while promising to implement agreed reforms.

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