Tsakalotos confident reforms will be ready in time for creditors’ report

Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said the government will implement the reforms required by its post-bailout agreement by March 11 so that the country will be able to receive aid from its creditors, according to an interview with CNBC on Wednesday.

The ECB and other eurozone central banks are holding about 4.8 billion euros of profits from Greek bonds, which they are expected to return to Athens by June 2022 in semi-annual tranches.
Tsakalotos told CNBC on Wednesday that an upcoming report on Greece's progress will be positive.
"There's still some [work] to be done to just pass legislation that has been agreed by the time of the Eurogroup of [March 11]. So the report will be favorable, it will say that we've done all this stuff," he was quoted as saying.
"There are one or two things that have to pass through Parliament, but they are agreed legislation...

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