Athens fulfilled the obligations under the so-called samurai bonds issued by Greece in 1995. Power got rid of the debt in Euro 85 million.

Athens, not so long ago, signatories to the European Commission an agreement aimed at stabilizing the financial situation in the country began to settle up with billions of dollars in debt. Namely, July 14 Greece debt free by the so-called samurai bonds - bonds denominated in yen, but issued by companies outside of Japan - in the amount of 11.7 billion yen (about to 85.2 million euros).

The operation of closing indebtedness, formed in 1995, was successful. Payment already credited to the account at Mizuho Bank, acting as operator under this transaction, informs RIA Novosti referring to the Japanese TV station NHK.

Perhaps Greece hastened to return the 20-year debt, since failure or delay payments on Japanese loans which market debt instrument that would have given the formal Foundation of Tokyo to declare Greece default on Japanese debt. So it could be perceived by market participants as a trigger of default powers, and the situation of Athens it would be many times worse.

At the same time, Greece has delayed next payment on the IMF loan. International creditors on 14 July not received from Athens next payment on the loan in the amount of 456 million euros. In this regard, the total debt of power today exceeds 2 billion euros.

Remember, the program of aid to Greece, created by the International monetary Fund, officially ended on June 30. At the same time, July 13, according to the results of long negotiations, members of the European Commission and the Greek government, the EU agreed to give Athens another aid package from the IMF at 86 billion euros until the end of 2018. Eurogroup believes that by July 20, Greece will need 7 billion euros, and by the middle of August - additional 5 billion
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