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Fabius’ trip followed that of EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini the day before, as the bloc and Iran also pursue closer relations after the nuclear deal.

“This would have created a parallel banking system, which would have given us some breathing space, while the banks would have been shut due to the ECB’s aggressive policy”, Varoufakis was quoted as saying.

“We are satisfied with the smooth and constructive cooperation with the Greek authorities, and that should now allow us to progress as swiftly as possible”, Mina Andreeva, a European Commission spokeswoman, said in Brussels.

“I would be the last person to want elections, if I had the secured parliamentary majority to make it through to the end of the four-year term”, he said in an interview with Sto Kokkino radio station.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini arrived for a one-day visit to discuss implementation of an agreement for Iran to curtail its nuclear program in return for lifting sanctions against the country, state TV reported. And it’s what keeps the Saudi leadership up at...

Earlier, Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said they were exploring cooperation in key areas such as the fight against Islamic State militants now that the nuclear deal has been struck. In September, Austrian President Heinz Fischer plans to visit Iran,...

Afghan officials sat down with Taliban cadres earlier this month in Murree, a holiday town in the hills north of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, for their first face-to-face talks aimed at ending the bloody insurgency.

He extended an invitation from French President François Hollande to his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani to visit Paris in November.

“It is necessary to secure that this “game” won’t happen again during coming discussions about the form of the third aid package for Greece”.

“Negotiations on a memorandum of understanding should now progress as swiftly as possible”.

On Monday, the Greek finance minister confirmed following the government council’s meeting on economic policy that the intense talks on technical issues will begin on Tuesday.

Zarif urged GCC states to cooperate against the common threat of “terrorism, extremism and sectarianism”.

The third bailout for Greece that was agreed upon in the eurozone and euro summit agreements last week in Brussels- and approved by the Greek Parliament, call for €86 billion in new loans for Greece and assumes some of the financing from the worldwide Monetary Fund.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Mark Glenn, an author and journalist in Idaho, about US Secretary of State John Kerry’s vigorous defense of the successful conclusion of Iran’s nuclear talks with six world powers.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras suffered his second major mutiny in a week, with 36 Syriza MPs defying him to vote against the bill or abstain.