The German chancellery on Wednesday declined to confirm a previous announcement by the Greek prime minister's office referring to converging views between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Alexis Tsipras over the need for a solution to the standing issue of Greek debt relief.
In a "non paper", the Greek side had cited Monday's Eurogroup meeting as being discussed as a venue for reaching such an agreement.
According to Deutsche Welle, the usually laconic chancellery spokesman, Steffen Seibert, on Wednesday provided insight over the phone contact - considered as a response to the announcement by the Tsipras government.
