Estonian PM meets Chancellor Merkel in unofficial visit

  • 2012-02-15

TALLINN - Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip had dinner on Monday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and his counterparts from the Netherlands and Denmark - Mark Rutte and Helle Thorning-Schmidt respectively at the Meseberg Palace near Berlin, the Estonian news corporation ERR reported.

One of the main topics of the discussion of the parties was Greece and the second financial assistance plan.

The EU is ready to help only if Greece is willing to help itself, Ansip said later in a statement.

Ansip called for strong financial discipline, a common market with unobstructed movement of services, and well-developed infrastructure.