Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and other foreign leaders in the framework of the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, the president's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

"The major issue is to reach a sustainable deal. It is not a major issue for the government, it is a major issue for the country," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday in a meeting with Potami party leader Stavros Theodorakis.

Strict guidelines for the budgeting of the 2016 General Government were given by the deputy finance minister Dimitris Mardas to ministries and agencies asking fiscal tightness in expenditures.

The use of military installations throughout the country as open camps, not as detention centers for hosting migrants, was proposed by Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis, speaking to SKAI television adding that the required European funds are available and unexploited.