Speaking in Parliament yesterday ahead of the vote on a bill aimed to tackle the humanitarian crisis that years of austerity have brought to the country, and one day ahead of his meeting with key European leaders in Brussels tonight, Greek Prime Minister Tsipras pointed out that Greece is not asking for special but equal treatment, and that the government will not go back on its promises, underlining that it will "raise a wall of sovereignty and dignity" to any threats.

Greece will honour its commitments "to the letter" but expected its partners to do the same, Tsipras noted, in reference to the agreement of February 20th extending Greece’s bailout programme by four months.

In an ongoing effort for a political solution to the current impasse, the Greek premier will be meeting tonight in Brussels, on the sidelines of the EU Summit meeting, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, French President Francois Hollande and European Council President Donald Tusk, and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijesslbloem.

See also: article by Government Vice-President, Yiannis Dragasakis, co-written by Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, and Minister for international economic affairs Euclid Tsakalotos in in the Financial Times titled Give Greece a Chance (17/03).