Citing a letter to the parliamentary budget committee it had seen, Handelsblatt reported on Wednesday that Schaeuble's ministry had signaled a willingness to ease Greece's debt burden in a concession to the International Monetary Fund.
"These measures would be contingent on full implementation of the [Greek reform] program by 2018," Handelsblatt quoted the ministry as saying in the letter. (Writing by Paul Carrel; Editing by Victoria Bryan)German FinMin wants no Greek debt relief before 2018: Handelsblatt
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