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Germany, Greece, Italy to Hold Talks on Debt Crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti and Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos will hold a conference call on Friday to discuss the sovereign debt crisis, Italy said.

"On the initiative of Prime Minister Monti, the three-way phone conversation will take place today in the late morning," the government said in a statement.

"Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Monti will remain in close contact over the weekend ahead of the Eurogroup meeting on Monday," it said.

Merkel cancelled a scheduled visit to Rome at the last minute Friday, when President Christian Wulff resigned over a string of scandals.

Greece is grappling with proposals for direct fiscal control from Brussels and is struggling to fulfill conditions of a Eurozone debt rescue and overcome skepticism in the European Union to avert bankruptcy.

Eurozone leaders have been negotiating a Greek rescue package of 130 billion euros ($171 billion) and a write-down on privately held government bonds worth 100 billion euros to avoid Greece defaulting.

Source: Agence France Presse


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