We achieved the most balanced agreement taking into account the circumstances," Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis on Wednesday said in statements to Mega TV.

The agreement in its entity will not be recessionary, Alternate Foreign Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said in statements to state broadcaster ERT.

"Either they do not want an agreement or they serve specific interests in Greece", Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said to his colleagues, shortly before departing for Brussels, referring to the insistence of certain institutions not to accept equivalent measures.