“How would we be affected by an extended crisis? We have many Greek assets, many Greek banks. We know very well that it could also affect us,” the interim PM stated.
Oprea added that the situation in Greece should be solved eventually, to the interest of the entire European Union.
The interim PM refused to comment on a potential meeting of the country’s highest defense body CSAT related to the situation in Greece.
Greek electors voted 61.4% “No” to the austerity terms of a bailout proposed by international creditors, while 38.59% voted “Yes”.
The country’s current bailout expired last Tuesday and Greece missed a EUR1.6 billion payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Greece has a total debt of over EUR320 billion, of which 65% to euro zone states and IMF and 8.7% to the European Central Bank (ECB).
Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis announced his resignation on Monday morning, after the vote at the referendum.