Messages from the IMF, have long been clear: it is trying to disengage from the Greek program, it refers to impairment of debt and does not wish to participate in a new bailout for Greece.

The government wants to secure a single agreement with its EU partners which is what Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has repeatedly noted, government circles said on Tuesday.

The moment Turkey is openly challenging the Greek EEZ causing many problems, Albania is also posing in a provocative way a border issue with Greece.