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Athens: 'Unbinding reforms' give Greece an advantage

26 February 2015 20:25 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. The "vagueness" of a list of reforms sent by Athens to creditors has provided Greece with an advantage, Greek government spokesperson Gavriil Sakellaridis has said, APA reports quoting AA.

Speaking in an interview with private channel Ant1 TV on Thursday, he said the "reform list" sent by Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis to Greece's Troika creditors of the IMF, European Commission and European Central Bank left room to maneouvre for Athens.

He said: "It’s for the benefit of the Greek government and the Greek society that the reform list is vague in many areas and leaves margins in order to make interventions."

"It is not binding as it was with the previous government, in which there was a clear direction on a number of issues."

The government had "space" to modify its directions in a way which will not harm the interests either of pensioners, taxpayers nor workers in the private sector, he said.