Greece insists it will pay back creditors as it hires private debt advisers Lazard
Telegraph - Jan 31, 2015
Greece's new prime minister has insisted his country will fulfil all of its loan obligations to creditors as it appointed private bank Lazard ahead of crunch talks with the Troika.
In a statement released earlier, Alexis Tsipras said: "I am absolutely confident that we will soon manage to reach a mutually beneficial agreement, both for Greece and for Europe as a whole."
"No side is seeking conflict and it has never been our intention to act unilaterally on Greek debt."
Mr Tsipras said his commitment to end austerity and kickstart growth in the country, "in no way entails that we will not fulfill our loan obligations to the ECB or the IMF."
