ATHENS, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Greece's three-party coalition government leaders reached a "basic agreement" on the new austerity package for 2013-2014 as part of efforts to resolve the Greek debt crisis, Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said here on Thursday.
"There has been a basic agreement on the measures. Now we will seek an agreement with our creditors," he told media upon leaving Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' office after a meeting of coalition partners.
Stournaras added that the three leaders agreed to seek an extension of the fiscal adjustment program to 2016 in negotiations with EU and International Monetary Fund (IMF) lenders who back the debt-ridden country with multi-billion-euro loans to avoid a financial meltdown in the eurozone.
In separate statements to the press, Democratic Left chief Fotis Kouvelis and socialist PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos said that they agreed on the main issues, but there are still some minor aspects unresolved which should be cleared in coming days.
It has not been clarified yet when the package will be announced and be tabled in the Greek parliament for ratification.
Stournaras said on Monday the proposed spending cuts are due to be presented to a delegation of EU/IMF auditors in Athens and Greece aims to have finalized all issues until the EU summit on Oct. 18 to secure the release of the next installment of international loans.
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