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These include the return of €1.8bn of profits of Greek bonds held by the European Central Bank, possible extensions of maturities and, if necessary, the buyout of relatively expensive loans to Greece, either from the IMF or in the form of bilateral loans from member states.</p>\n<p>All the options will be subject to political approval by the eurozone, meaning none of these measures automatically applies once Greece exits its programme — a longstanding demand of the IMF.</p>\n<p>Poul Thomsen, the IMF’s Europe chief, said he had made an “important concession” during talks over the trigger for the debt relief. “We have all shown flexibility.”</p>\n<p>“This is a very important moment in a long and sometimes difficult story,” said Pierre Moscovici, EU commissioner for economic affairs.</p>\n<p>In the long term, creditors agreed on a “mechanism” to provide further long-term restructuring to keep its financing costs below 20 per cent of GDP by 2060 — a threshold demanded by the IMF to ensure debt sustainability.</p>\n<p>The eurozone maintained its demand for Athens to hit a 3.5 per cent primary surplus by 2018, a target the IMF sees as overambitious and unachievable. 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But Mr Thomsen said “Europe can deliver the measures we are calling for”.</p>\n<p>“These measures constitute a universe of measures that we think can deliver the necessary debt relief by the end of the period,” he said.</p>\n<p>The proposals will be contingent on Greece carrying through with its promise of economic reforms, such as privatising state assets, reducing its pensions bill and overhauling its tax system.</p>\n<p>“The language suggests creditors and the IMF have papered over cracks, but that this is going to require another revisit,” said Mujtaba Rahman at Eurasia Group.</p>\n</body>",
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