This story originally appeared at Reuters:
The Greek government said on Wednesday it had no plans to cut defence spending, appearing to contradict a letter sent by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to creditors a day earlier offering to “reduce the expenditure ceiling for military spending”.
Tsipras’ office issued a one-sentence statement saying: “There is not, there was not and there will never be a proposal by the Greek government to cut defense spending.”
It appeared to be a response to Greek media reports that the junior partner in Tsipras’ ruling coalition, led by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, was angry at the concession made in a last-ditch bid to salvage a bailout deal.