Tsipras briefs Obama on bid for eurozone loan

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoke to US President Barack Obama by telephone on Tuesday shortly before an emergency eurozone summit and briefed him on Greece's request for a rescue loan, a Greek government official said.

The official said Obama had voiced strong US hopes for a successful outcome to the negotiations. The United States has said it wants an early solution to Greece's debt crisis that keeps Athens in the European currency area.

[Reuters]